This is your sign to stop cutting your flower spikes early
She’s been blooming for… well over a year? The longest spike is 52” now! And even spikes that don’t look great are suddenly starting to bloom in a ton of spots!
That’s great for you, but I prefer my spikes to be symmetrical, so I cut mine to have the plant set new ones. Doesn’t usually take much more than a month.
Unlikely_Money5747
No thanks.
tsbphoto
I have a few right now that just keep on sending out new branches on the new and old spikes. I love that they just keep going and gooooing. Yours is pretty prolific 👌
Beautiful! I love how whacky and wild they look <3
Like a Dr Seuss orchid
Unlikely-Star-2696
I never cut the Phal spikes unless they are brown-yellow dry. Often I get new branch outs and more blooming! I care more to see new flowers which are my prize for caring for the orchids.
For others: like Dens, I cut them. No reblooms from them!
69surprisebaby
I can see how that’s a fun thing to experience, but I’m not into the way it looks.
peyotekoyote
I recently started leaving the spikes on one of my phals alone “just to see” and it had blooms on it for almost 8 months straight until the stalks dried up on their own. I think I’ll just start letting them do their thing from now on! It was fun while it lasted
Allidapevets
I was taught ‘never cut anything green’ a long time ago for this reason! Noice!
minkamagic
Not really because I wouldn’t want a long scraggly flower spike like that.
sk8energy
I like to let my orchids do their thing too
harritaco
Lately I’ve only cut them back until I hit a dormant node. It gets rid of the dead part of the spike but it can still send growth out of the dormant nodes if it wants.
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I looked back in my photos!! It has been over a year! This was last June
https://preview.redd.it/n66yyxxn9fqf1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c47398c41a4afcf4b9f4ce3e4cc067a4e40ee64
That’s great for you, but I prefer my spikes to be symmetrical, so I cut mine to have the plant set new ones. Doesn’t usually take much more than a month.
No thanks.
I have a few right now that just keep on sending out new branches on the new and old spikes. I love that they just keep going and gooooing. Yours is pretty prolific 👌
https://preview.redd.it/3hyttd5qifqf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82d85dd4460b04565e90307596f7b11d7ec78dc3
My whole flower window with my ugly spikes 🤣
Beautiful! I love how whacky and wild they look <3
Like a Dr Seuss orchid
I never cut the Phal spikes unless they are brown-yellow dry. Often I get new branch outs and more blooming! I care more to see new flowers which are my prize for caring for the orchids.
For others: like Dens, I cut them. No reblooms from them!
I can see how that’s a fun thing to experience, but I’m not into the way it looks.
I recently started leaving the spikes on one of my phals alone “just to see” and it had blooms on it for almost 8 months straight until the stalks dried up on their own. I think I’ll just start letting them do their thing from now on! It was fun while it lasted
I was taught ‘never cut anything green’ a long time ago for this reason! Noice!
Not really because I wouldn’t want a long scraggly flower spike like that.
I like to let my orchids do their thing too
Lately I’ve only cut them back until I hit a dormant node. It gets rid of the dead part of the spike but it can still send growth out of the dormant nodes if it wants.
love a wacky orchid bloom 🙂