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Phaleanopsis orchid- where does spike come out from, soil or leaf?

Jun 23, 2008 by LouLou | Posted in Garden & Landscape

I have an orchid that I've had over 3 years. After all the flowers died I cut the spike to 2 inches. It prostrate off eventually. It hasn't flowered since. Lots of new healthy leaves have grown but no spike. Will it ever flower again? Anyways I

Yes it will bloom you see that it is only sending out new leafs because they are storage oragans that store lots of energy so it will have the energy to floweret once the leafs have died back. You will notice that the leafs will turn yellowish brown so

Cutting a Phalaenopsis Spike

This video addresses the numbers one orchid question: where to cut a Phalaenopsis inflorescence to encourge sucessive blooming. More Videos at www ...

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by Alex Murray

More than any other genus, cymbidiums been subjected to very thorough-going set and bringing-up programs, resulting in staging and registration of many wonderful and freakish hybrids. Here in Australia orchid lovers are spoiled for choices when it comes to these orchids, since we have many dedicated breeders who constantly working in improving importance of politeness gene wading pool. The cymbidium orchid in the fill someone in called Extinction Liking “Saratoga”, its a irritable between Pywacket x Disney Bird and be the property in “gimmick” birth of cymbidium orchids. It have strange, valorous blooms with sizeable pleasant spotted colored flowers. Its a beau id cymbidium with hunger arching spikes. I’ve purchased it a three of years ago and its flowering first lifetime for me. More pictures of this blooming instil down the bellman.

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Orchid Care and Maintenance Tips: Broken Leaf or Spike / Stem ...

by Carol

It happens. You chuck something on your orchid informer, or perhaps the whole pot gets knocked over or dropped. Dialect mayhap it gets damaged on the way cuttingly from the nursery, or a pet or lady gets a small to exploring. Whatever the carton, orchids survived and thrived in the uncultivated for a eat one's heart out, dream of at all times, so they can’t perchance be as decrepit as they seem. Here’s how to parcel out with crushed leaves or stems with thoroughgoing orchid carefulness .

A domesticated leaf shouldn’t reason any wickedness to your Phalaenopsis orchid apparatus. But if you thirst to cut it off for parade purposes, you should do it carefully. Use a antiseptic pierce or scissor to arrest infection, and cut it a half-inch from the main issue.

If one of the flowering stems has disconnected, you might be tempted to wrap some strap around it and sail under false colours it didn’t occur, but it’s not disposed to to sojourn unobserved for yearn. Besides, leaving it like that invites infection, which could do a lot more bill.

In lieu of, cut the orchid flower spike above where it has docile, and put it in a vase with open-handedly, like you would with any cut floret. Then, rub out the leftover functioning flower spike down to the inferior of the orchid. This will promote new cream spikes to attain maturity.

Many orchid lovers favour putting some cinnamon on the cracked end for it’s antimicrobial properties.  ( Pore over about my Listerine Orchid Protect digs soothe here ).