Phalaenopsis orchid after blooming, with bare spike and healthy green leaves

Orchid Care After Flowering: What to Do When Blooms Fall Off

What to Do After Your Orchid Flowers Fall Off One day your orchid is covered in blooms. A few weeks later the last flower drops, and you are standing in front of a bare green stick wondering whether you killed it or whether it is going to be fine. The honest answer: it is almost certainly fine. But what you do in the next few months is what separates orchids that rebloom reliably from orchids that sit on a windowsill for years – looking completely healthy, never flowering again. ...

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