Nice ones, Jared. Yes the flowers really "pop" open pretty fast once the buds are ready. Then the flowers often last a month or more. Some humidity around your plants will help the flowers last longer - some people use a tray of pebbles with water in it to raise the humidity around their plants. The air can be really dry there in the winter - I know, we lived in Utah for years, and my daughter still lives there. Be sure not to place your plant where the heating vents blow dry, warm air on it. If you have other indoor plants, it's good to put it in a group of plants, and they will all keep the atmosphere around them more humid. (but spraying with water, or a humidity tray will also benefit all of them, and you, too)
It will be a while until the flowers finish, then don't cut off the flower stem until it dries and goes brown. If it stays green, it could branch and produce more buds for you, or even a new baby plant (called a "keiki").
Here's a link to another page on the care of Phalaenopsis from the American Orchid Society.
https://www.aos.org/orchids/cu... Bear in mind that the advice is very general. There are no strict rules, and everybody's growing conditions are different - the temperature and amount of light in your house, as well as the humidity and air movement are all different. I grow Phals outside in Florida year round, and it's really too hot and too humid for them here, for example. You can't just always "water once a week" because even growing indoors, the light conditions and temperature changes with the seasons, and your plant will need more water in summer and less in winter etc. As the light gets more intense and the days are longer, your orchid will respond to some fertilizer, too.
As Ursula said above, the ice cube watering thing is just a bad gimmick. No orchids growing in nature ever have ice on them. Use cool to warm water, not ice cold from the tap.
