I voted: 'get a near blooming size orchid and care for / bloom it', despite the fact I am the most impatient person I know, just ask my bf, my kids and my bff (she's on here somewhere). Shockingly, I prefer to get the orchids without blooms majority of the time. Very few I own were in flower when I got them, further more, only one of them I actually chose, the rest were gifts. Crazy as it may be I like the ones not labelled since I'm new to the orchid thing cause I love surprises ...and they're cheaper