Thanks Trehugger - some of mine are incredibly pot bound and almost pushing themselves out of their pots (plus one has split the pot). I will wait until they finish and then repot. I have the orchid bark/compost ready and waiting!
I would like to report that my orchid has revived itself and has now got a new leaf growing and lots of new roots. Fingers crossed for new flowers next. I think the deep soak for an hour did the trick. Thanks again everyone for all the advice.
I have 7, 5 in the kitchen and 2 in the lounge. I treat em mean, and they flower, grow a new leaf, flower, grow a new leaf. Some of them don't flower again on a flower stem, but the two in the lounge are producing new stems from a stem that has already flowered AND also new stems from the base. I spray the leaves and roots with an orchid feed every 2 weeks when they are flowering and I just pour water on them till it comes out of the bottom of the pot as its advised they should not be standing in water. I've had my kitchen ones for 3-4 years now and will add to them if I find any I like. I haven't had any die yet. I also chop off the shrivelled air roots as more do appear.
I cut my new orchid back to a leaf nod when it had flowered, after unsucessfully trying in the past to grow orchids (this is my 3rd orchid)
Since the new bud started to swelll the stem has now turned white and is dying back causing the new bud to die, can anyone advise please on my next step?
Cut back to the next bud, I try to do a sloping cut and have your plant in the sun. If it does the same again, cut right down. It will produce a new leaf and then a new stem, at least that's what my kitchen ones do.
Hello, Dears Last year my boyfriend bought a beautiful orchid for me in spring. Orchid flooded me 2 times and after flowering began to pour, I started to learn how to care for the orchid, and I began to roll back in the spring of next year, to see how many videos on YouTube to greet the orchid branch and I also read the book of the nearest greenhouse for more information about this flower.
One of the mistakes I made was cutting the branch of the orchid from the end. So, again, I asked several orchid vendors what to do before the orchids begin to flower again. They introduced me to a liquid fertilizer and said that I would give it orchid once every two weeks. I have been doing this for 3 months, but no new branches of this plant have been grown and only added to the number of young roots and leaves. this is a picture of orchid in last year: and this is a picture of orchid in 2019:
Is there still hope for a new branch and orchid flowering under these conditions? Thanks if you help me
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Thanks Trehugger - some of mine are incredibly pot bound and almost pushing themselves out of their pots (plus one has split the pot). I will wait until they finish and then repot. I have the orchid bark/compost ready and waiting!
Thanks Treehugger, just been worried about it as it has only had the flowers that were on it, when it was bought for me.
I would like to report that my orchid has revived itself and has now got a new leaf growing and lots of new roots. Fingers crossed for new flowers next. I think the deep soak for an hour did the trick. Thanks again everyone for all the advice.
I have 7, 5 in the kitchen and 2 in the lounge. I treat em mean, and they flower, grow a new leaf, flower, grow a new leaf. Some of them don't flower again on a flower stem, but the two in the lounge are producing new stems from a stem that has already flowered AND also new stems from the base. I spray the leaves and roots with an orchid feed every 2 weeks when they are flowering and I just pour water on them till it comes out of the bottom of the pot as its advised they should not be standing in water. I've had my kitchen ones for 3-4 years now and will add to them if I find any I like. I haven't had any die yet. I also chop off the shrivelled air roots as more do appear.
I'd tell you how I get best results from mine , .but Gardenmaidens done it for me.
only exception I water and feed every week.
I also think it depends on the maturity of the plant for flowering .
This post has been really helpful as I have just posted about Orchids before seeing this - thank you!
I cut my new orchid back to a leaf nod when it had flowered, after unsucessfully trying in the past to grow orchids (this is my 3rd orchid)
Since the new bud started to swelll the stem has now turned white and is dying back causing the new bud to die, can anyone advise please on my next step?
Should I cut the whole stem back?
Cut back to the next bud, I try to do a sloping cut and have your plant in the sun. If it does the same again, cut right down. It will produce a new leaf and then a new stem, at least that's what my kitchen ones do.
Last year my boyfriend bought a beautiful orchid for me in spring. Orchid flooded me 2 times and after flowering began to pour, I started to learn how to care for the orchid, and I began to roll back in the spring of next year, to see how many videos on YouTube to greet the orchid branch and I also read the book of the nearest greenhouse for more information about this flower.
this is a picture of orchid in last year:
and this is a picture of orchid in 2019: