Orchid Flower Spike Turning Brown

Photo of my largest phal with 33 flowers.

Orchid flower spike turning brown. Orchid spike may remain green or turn brown. Cutting the spike means you have to wait longer until you see flowers again and also means you re forcing the plant to invest a substantial amount of energy into growing a brand new spike. Bottom leaves may yellow or turn reddish as the orchid discards mature leaves. I kept thinking that a new orchid flower spike was growing when in fact most of the.

Leaves lose their glossy appearance and seem to flatten. How to get a flower spike to cascade. Over 10 are on the old spikes that same phal 5 months earlier with its old spikes if you want more flowers don. Eventually a new flower spike will grow.

How to stake an orchid once the new orchid spike gets more than a few inches long insert a stake carefully into the potting. Most orchids go into a state of rest or dormancy period after their showy blooms have fallen. Follow this link on reblooming orchids. Your orchid is growing and developing normally.

One of the most important things to do is to stake the orchid spike correctly to shape and protect the developing blooms. Primary and secondary spikes. Distinguishing between an orchid flower spike and a rootwhen i first starting growing moth orchids or phalaenopsis i got excited over every little new growth that would show up at the base of the plant. As they have turned brown no new flowers will grow on those spikes.

You will want to do this because the process of an orchid blooming takes energy from the plant. I recently purchased some orchids so i m relatively new to growing orchids. What do i do. But when your orchid sends up a new flower spike it s important to care for it correctly to make sure you get the most spectacular blooms.

It is also during this dormancy period that your orchid will prepare for a new. Flowers wilt and fall off the plant. You see it is completely normal for flower spikes to turn brown after an orchid is finished blooming. I m afraid that the other stem growing out of the same major stem is going to turn brown.

The picture below is a phalaenopsis spike dying back after blooming it is brown half way down the shoot. One of the stems that s growing out of one of the major stems is turning brown and the tip of it is black. It s a phalaenopsis orchid. You can cut the flower spikes lower if you want to.

Look for the following signs which indicate that your phalaenopsis orchid is entering its resting phase. The fact that new leaves are growing is a very good indication that all is well. After your orchid is finished blooming you will want to cut off the shoot stem that produced the blooms.