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Tell me more! I come from Switzerland but never knew the cheese grew on plants.
On topic I have a few orchids that are more than 10 years old but still keep blossoming from time to time. Very little care required and the flowers are beautiful.
That's dope, I've always thought orchids are gorgeous but have been very intimidated by them
Just take the standard species, they'll come in a transparent plastic pot filled with some substrate and then some outer pot. Look for a nice spot where they have some daylight (ideally morning light).
Every two or three weeks you take them out of the outer pot, fill it with water and put them back in, let them "bathe" for a half hour, take them out, empty the water and you're good for another two or three weeks.
You don't need to cut them or anything, once the flowers are done, they'll fall off, the leaves too when they are done. The branches will turn brown and become all woody when they're done, then you can cut them or just leave them.
Obviously there are tons of google tutorials on how to cut the roots or fertilize them etc but I have never done anything. Now after more than ten years, they don't blossom very often and sometimes nothing happens for more than a year but all of a sudden a new branch grows and gives three or four flowers. The flowers last for quite a bit (a few weeks) which is cool.
Tl;dr: Orchids are great and don't require much care.