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Orchids in bloom

fiona-cooperfiona-cooper Posts: 15
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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    @fiona-cooper when they finish flowering don't cut off the flowering stems unless they do go brown. Often these orchids will reflower from the green stems. We have one that has been in flower now for 4 years.
    Wonderful plants.
  • fiona-cooperfiona-cooper Posts: 15
    Hi Bertrand -Mabel, yes I have had these ones for 5 years now and they just keep coming back their beautiful and so easy to care for and I love seeing what they produce each new growth 🙂
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Looks great. Do you do the ice cube trick or just give them a water bath? Do you feed yours? I’m trying to do better with mine as they’ve often been neglected.
  • fiona-cooperfiona-cooper Posts: 15
    Hi, I get orchid focus drip feeders, you can get them individually or in packs at the garden centre and you just stick them in the tub and they slowly feed the nutrients into them and I water them once a week. Don’t need to do anything else really as they like to be left to it predominantly, only once they have finished blooming I look for any browned stems and trim them off to encourage new growth. 
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