Orchids, what do i do now the flowers are dropping off?

hi to all,





does anyone know what i'm meant to do with the plant in order for it to flower againg, does it need pruning or do i just leave it as it is.

Orchids, what do i do now the flowers are dropping off?
It's supposedly summer time ! Put your orchid out side into a border (remove the cotton wool type fibre around the roots first) water in and leave until before a frost is due. Dig it up and wash the roots to remove any old soil and INSECTS. Pot it up in a slightly larger pot than the root base into some orchid compost. They need to feel tight and secure in a pot or they will not flower the following year. Bring indoors and try to keep it fed, watered and living in a south/south west facing environment without draughts.
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Reply:let nature take its course
Reply:Just leave it.
Reply:My cheap Asda orchid is 2 years old now and my current flowers are dropping but I can clearly see the new bud that will grow to form a new set of flowers. They seem to open all but one of the flower buds leaving that one to grow on as the new set and so on.





When it finally stopped flowering I cut back the stalk and just waited. Watered as I used to when the leaves didn't look so glossy and firm. It grew a new leaf and then the flower stalk grew again..
Reply:Cut the flowered stem back to a joint in the stem, it should spring another flower stem from there. Feed it weekly with a VERY weak plant food, or get a proper orchid food, and spray it every day or as often as you can with plain water. Never let the compost get wet, in the wild they live attached to the side of trees and live on drips so the roots rot really easily. It probably won't flower again until next year, but you might be lucky if it likes you. Good luck with it.
Reply:Cut the flower stalk down to about 5 cm long, keep feeding it.


When it starts to put on new central leaves, repot, into a pot only slightly bigger, with fresh compost. Keep feeding through summer.