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northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Orchids
« on: October 08, 2011, 03:52:43 pm »
no really appropriate category here, but I'll ask anyway -
what do I do with an orchid I was given and that has finished flowering? Will it ever flower again in a normal house? Or shall I chuck it on the compost? :&>

dizzy1pig

  • Joined Jan 2010
  • Leuchars, Fife
Re: Orchids
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2011, 04:55:27 pm »
Hey Kerstin

Hope you all well..
depends what kind it is but they ain't overly hard to bring back to flower
let me know what type and will advise how to do..

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Orchids
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 04:58:42 pm »
I'm no expert but have had indoor orchids for several years that have flowered again.  In my experience they don't like a lot of water but other than that I do little to them.  Perhaps if I were to look after them properly they would produce flowers even more frequently.
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Hopewell

  • Joined Apr 2011
Re: Orchids
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 08:15:52 pm »
We had two orchid plants recently acquired from a supermarket because they were going over. They've just been kept in a bright place but not full sun with limited watering ie kept pretty dry. They are now flowering again on the same stem that they flowered on originally. They also had some feed when they started to bud.

 

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