Yes they will Barbara! I was a bit worried when I lost leaves, I thought I had killed it but the flowers weren't long after. Can you see any tiny little buds on the stems?
Ahh.. If its producing new leaves, cutting the stem right off was the right thing to do. The plant tends to do one of two things after flowering. One would be to produce a new flush of flowers, the other would be for it to create new leaves. To tell what the plant wants to do, you can usually tell by looking at the main stem or stems. If the nodes below the last flower are green and plump, the likely hood is that in the next maybe 3/4 months, a new shoot should appear. If the nodes are brown however, its usually an indication that the plant would like to produce new leaves. So if the nodes were brown, i'd cut them off an inch from the base of the stem leaving room for die back. If the nodes are green however, i would cut off the top of the stem to the healthiest looking node near the top of the stem and i would do this as soon as the last flower starts to die.. I do this in our garden center. Last trimmed a load around christmas, the ones i thought would flower again have just began to produce a new flower spike from the first node.
I'll leave you in the hands if the expert Barbara, didn't realise dirty diggin worked in the garden centre that produced the leaflet and was just trying to help. I'm no expert I just know what I do from experience and chatting to people at southport flower show. Good luck with it x
If there is a china pot you would like to use, id reccomend keeping the orchid in its own plastic pot as they usually have very good dranage which is necesery for a healthy orchid but i would put that inside the pot of your choice. That way you can take it out to water it easly and you can keep an eye on the condition of the roots. (So a pot inside a pot) The reason why some orchid pots are often transparent is apparently to promote the photosynthsis of small algae which help the roots remain moist & bring in nutrience for the plant
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Yes they will Barbara! I was a bit worried when I lost leaves, I thought I had killed it but the flowers weren't long after. Can you see any tiny little buds on the stems?
Ahh.. If its producing new leaves, cutting the stem right off was the right thing to do. The plant tends to do one of two things after flowering. One would be to produce a new flush of flowers, the other would be for it to create new leaves. To tell what the plant wants to do, you can usually tell by looking at the main stem or stems. If the nodes below the last flower are green and plump, the likely hood is that in the next maybe 3/4 months, a new shoot should appear. If the nodes are brown however, its usually an indication that the plant would like to produce new leaves. So if the nodes were brown, i'd cut them off an inch from the base of the stem leaving room for die back. If the nodes are green however, i would cut off the top of the stem to the healthiest looking node near the top of the stem and i would do this as soon as the last flower starts to die.. I do this in our garden center. Last trimmed a load around christmas, the ones i thought would flower again have just began to produce a new flower spike from the first node.
I'll leave you in the hands if the expert Barbara, didn't realise dirty diggin worked in the garden centre that produced the leaflet and was just trying to help. I'm no expert I just know what I do from experience and chatting to people at southport flower show. Good luck with it x
should they be in a china pot or left just in the clear plastic pot so light gets to the roots ????
If there is a china pot you would like to use, id reccomend keeping the orchid in its own plastic pot as they usually have very good dranage which is necesery for a healthy orchid but i would put that inside the pot of your choice. That way you can take it out to water it easly and you can keep an eye on the condition of the roots. (So a pot inside a pot) The reason why some orchid pots are often transparent is apparently to promote the photosynthsis of small algae which help the roots remain moist & bring in nutrience for the plant
No worries!
Best of luck 