Luckily, Hubby keeps the houseplants alive, including the Orchid. My favourite right now is the Christmas Cactus. 
Ignore the Orchid, give it 4 ice cubes every Saturday. 
When it loses its blooms, it's not dead. It may take months before it blooms again.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer