How to care for an orchid after it has faded
The duration of flowering orchids depends only onfrom the genetic features of a particular kind of flowers. It is also necessary to take into account the condition of the plant, its strength and conditions of detention. Re-flowering also depends largely on how you will care for the orchid after its flowering. On the average next time your orchid can blossom already in 3-6 months.
What to do when the orchid has faded?
And yet, when the orchid emerged, what to do next with the plant? Depending on how the flower spike behaves, you can act in one way or another.
When the orchid flower buds fade, it can eitherwither, or grow on. If the flower bud simply withers, it is desirable not to cut it. At this time, the plant will pull out of it all the nutrients that remained in the peduncle. These substances will be used to further develop the plant. When the flower stem withers or completely turns yellow, you can remove it, leaving a stump about 2.5 cm high.
But very often after flowering on the peduncle canto appear new buds. This is especially true in phalaenopsis. But phalaenopsis after flowering can behave in two ways, and new buds or plant babies will develop on the peduncle.
There is always a possibility that at the tipflower buds can form new buds. Therefore, do not be surprised if the flower stalk continues to grow during flowering. Over time, young buds, which could appear during the growth of the orchid stalk, will bloom. But new buds can appear much later. Sometimes it happens 1 or even 3 months after the last color falls. But there is also a possibility that new buds will not form on the green peduncle. In this case, the tip of the peduncle can dry out, turn yellow or blacken. Choose yourself this or that way of care, which will suit you.
How to trim a discolored orchid
If the old flower bud does not wither, you cancut it off. Depending on the season, you can grow new buds or babies, with which you can propagate an orchid. Babes on the phalaenopsis flower buds appear only in the summer. But if your orchid has faded in the spring, then there is a chance that new buds will appear on the old peduncle. To do this, you need to know how to trim an orchid.
On the peduncle of the orchid, there are dormant buds, fromwhich can always appear new flowers or babies. To achieve a second flowering, the orchid should be cut approximately 1.5 cm above these kidneys. However, it should be noted that despite all your efforts, there is never any guarantee that new buds or babies will appear from sleeping buds. Also it is worth considering that pruning an old peduncle over sleeping buds will inhibit the development of new peduncles. No wonder, because your orchid has to spend all its efforts to support the old flower stalk, and not to develop a new one.
Care of orchids after flowering
After flowering, your orchid requires a similarcare, both during and before the flowering period. Your orchid should receive a sufficient amount of water, and it should be sprayed. In addition, you can reduce the fertilizing of the plant. And if necessary, your orchid can also be transplanted into another pot. With proper care, after a few months your orchid will bloom again. But nevertheless it is worth noting that in some cases, after transplanting the plant, its flowering has to wait a whole year.
If you did not transplant an orchid, but a new oneStill, there is no peduncle, we suggest you use a drop in temperature and a decrease in watering. Such measures will lead to the fact that the orchid will have a new flower spike. The daily temperature in a room with an orchid should not be above 24 ° C, and the night temperature should not exceed 16 ° C.
