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title: "The last of the flowers on my Phal died. I’ve chosen to cut the…"
description: "The last of the flowers on my Phal died. I’ve chosen to cut the flower spikes completely down as both were brown about half way down anyways and I want it to…"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "Angelfire"
published: "2024-01-11T02:39:09.574Z"
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# The last of the flowers on my Phal died. I’ve chosen to cut the…

_Posted by Angelfire on 2024-01-11_

The last of the flowers on my Phal died. I’ve chosen to cut the flower spikes completely down as both were brown about half way down anyways and I want it to actually rest for a bit and give me some time to get the things to get it repotted before and it settled afterwards before I am worried about any new flowers.

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## 4 comments

### Freedomskai commented on 2024-01-11

I have the same pot for my orchid! 😂

#### Angelfire replied on 2024-01-15

It’s a pretty pot and if I knew where to get more other than buying more orchids from the store I got this one I would.

### Electronicks commented on 2024-01-11

I often choose to cut my spikes. While many people leave them, you get smaller blooms. Better off to just snip them

#### Angelfire replied on 2024-01-15

That and the when all the blooms died in the first spike i originally trimmed it back a bit to between two nodes that were green and it just kept browning. I figured at that point I am going to be trimming it piece by piece anyways so just cut it all off at once.

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