We all wish to grow orchids in order to enjoy their flowering and growing a flowering spike while on an orchid is the ultimate goal of successful orchid care.
This is the reason why it's very challenging to decide where you can take off the flower spike on our, probably most typical orchid we look after in the home, Phalaenopsis orchid. Your decision is even more complicated, given it took some work plus some good orchid care, to get the orchid to flower. Even when the Phalaenopsis orchid was presented as a gift, it is sometimes complicated to make the decision to chop off spike, because there is always some dilemma or fear, that we will not be able to develop it to bloom again.
It is not necessary to chop from the flowering spike on Phalaenopsis orchids, in the event the plant is healthy, after flowering.
There are nodes with side shoots arranged on Phalaenopsis orchid flowering stem along its length. The flowering stem begins to dry after flowering through the end from the flower stem for the first node. Only when this the main spike gets dry, it'll be stop. No look great during the time, if this the main spike gets first yellow and brown, until it is dry. It can be for decoration mainly, why we grow Phalaenopsis orchids after all. Probably for that reason, there is information circling, that Phalaenopsis flower spikes should be take off after flowering. Being exact, it must be block to your three nodes. That is counted from the beginning with the flower stem towards the end of the flowering spike.
Phalaenopsis orchids can make new spikes from old flower stems. They grow for the nodes, from side shoots that appear across the flowering stem. From this type of node, the spike can grow extremely fast. It grows faster then if the Phalaenopsis orchid would need to grow new spike.
Cutting to the three nodes just isn't without a risk. It may happen that this place off cutting is certain to get infected. After all, by cutting negligence the spike, we designed a wound in a fresh tissue. Cutting the flowering spike towards the three nodes may also result in a shock towards the plant. The shock might be so strong, that it may cause flowering stem to dry completely. Conversely it's important do preserve an old flower spike over a Phalaenpsis orchid, as it can remain on the plant for A few years. In that time that it can produce several side flower stems. If it's possible, you have to watch for flower stem to dry by itself. Only you'll be able to cut the dried section of the flower stem off.
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