How to Keep your Orchids Flowering
Orchids, especially the Phalaenopsis orchid are very popular as gifts.
They are also very easy to grow. You can keep them flowering for months on end by careful pruning.
Difficulty Rating:
Time Length: 1 hour
Time of the Year: Any
Before the current flowers on your orchid have all died back, and when the sap is still flowering in the stem find the highest unflowered node on the same stalk. Look down the stem; there are nodes or eyes down the whole length of this stem.
Keep an eye on the plant; the node will start to swell. This is the signal to move your plant back into a prominent position in the house so you can enjoy the second flush of flowers.
When these flowers die back repeat until all the nodes have flowered. Then the whole stem can be cut off at the base and until a new flowering stem grows.
