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Angelfire

So my beautiful orchid is finally down to two blooms and I have a question for more experienced orchid owners. When you first get an orchid after the blooms fall do you fully cut off the flower spike and restart completely for the next bloom cycle or just until it’s green? I’ve seen people do both and am unsure which I am going to do. On one of the flower spikes I have already lost all the blooms and I cut it back to in between two nodes that were closed with everything still green and the top of it has started browning. My second floor spike is still green but it also has two blooms on it still. I have a phalaenopsis if that helps with my question about care.

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  1. Jen

    There are 2 schools of thought on this topic. Some people will tell you to cut back to about a 1/2 inch above the last node before the spike started producing flowers. You have about a 50/50 chance of your orchid producing a few more blooms. I, however, am a firm proponent for the second way of caring for orchids post bloom. Cut the spike all the way down by the base of the plant. It gives your orchid time to grow all the more necessary structures, like leaves and roots. Flowers and flower spikes consume a ton of energy. If you want a healthy phalaenopsis and a better perfusion of flowers at your next blooming, give it time to grow vegetatively.

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    • MeasomerPi

      I second Jen’s advice!

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    • Angelfire

      Thank you for giving both sides. I like the idea of a stronger healthier plant so cutting the flower spikes seems to be the way to go.

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