Sandy, yeah...definitely alien!!
It certianly wouldn't hurt to get another one, Sandy...you can have both!!!!
I just got mine from a vendor almost two weeks ago, Sandy and I haven't changed anything yet. Right now I have it in my greenhouse in bright indirect light. It's potted in a 3'' plastic pot with a pretty fine grade bark mix (no sphagnum). I'm letting it dry out completely before I water as I've heard they are very suseptable to root rot. The vendor told me to treat it as a cattleya, so I am (just not as much light).