I just don't even bother trying to talk to my friends about my orchids anymore. They don't get it. They are not going to get it. I'm okay with this now. I figure it's like with my dogs and my lectures on canine nutrition. It's just gonna go in one ear and out the other anyway. My friends don't care about feeding their dogs a healthy diet. They don't view their pets as part of the family, like I do. They view their pets as "just a dog." which is an attitude that I can't understand because I've never believed that animals are lesser beings than we are. I've never understood that thinking so that's a bridge we're probably never going to cross in our friendship.
Same thing with my orchids. They don't get it. They never will and that's ok. I just set them out in public spaces of my house when they bloom and wait for them to go "Oooh! This is pretty! What is this?" and then feel amused and entertained when their eyes glaze over when I tell them the name of the plant they like so much.