I know you guys have some stories.
Those times where your orchids had you doing double-takes.
Or when you KNOW a particular orchid started a spike just because you were having an awful week.
Or, like a recent thread I saw, started a keiki, changed it's mind, and decided to bloom instead.
My story is more sweet than funny. My very first orchid, which is now my largest and best specimen (phal), didn't bloom for two years after I first got it. This christmas, which was easily one of the worst times in my life, it decides to finally put out a spike. Maybe coincidence, maybe compassion, who knows.

in any case, I'm happy they exist.