I've wanted to try the ghost orchid for a while, but I'm not ready to yet. It's supposed to be a real challenge, I believe it's not particularly difficult to deflask, but tends to occasionally die off suddenly. I vaguely recall a discussion on usenet (rec.gardens.orchids?) on deflasking it, involving the person that sells them and a person who had good success deflasking them. You could try searching on google.com groups, it might turn up.
And about the home depot orchid argument. I'm not against mass producing orchids at all, I think it is a very good thing. I just don't understand why places like home depot can "sell" them, killing 4/5 of the plants, simply because light and water aren't given to any of the plants, ever. What bothers me even more, is when misleading information on how to grow plants is deliberately given (read the caresheets on cyclamen this time of year - most won't give good enough information to keep the plant alive for more than about 2-3 weeks, simply so people will buy more instead of just growing one for a longer time).