How to get Orchids to re flower.......How?

I have never been able to get my Phalaenopsis Orchids to re flower.
I think I know where I have been going wrong.
They are grown in a plastic transparent pot for a reason.........and what do I do ....put them in a ceramic pot, so the roots get no light which I believe is so important.
So I am putting them on a tray of gravel to improve humidity and hoping for the best.

Any other tips ?

 

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Will be watching this one with interest. Exactly the same thought occurred to me when I was watering my bare stems and leaves last week.

 

Never repotted them into transparent pots, but mine bloom.
its a fallacy, the plant grows so many aerial roots that it doesn't matter what kind of pot you use.
I use ordinary plastic half pots mostly.

My suggestions would be, good strong light, dont overwater, dont over pot, keep above a 10C night time minimum, rising during the day to at least 15C,but higher in summer.

Patience is the key, regarding a newly bought plant that has just gone out of flower.

 

Never in direct sun, but good light. Don't overwater, feed very sparingly. I find some are notoriously sulky, I once had to wait 4 years for one to flower again, yet others will flower sometimes twice a year. If in doubt, buy another!

 

They have flowered again.
I have never achieved this before......a second flowering.
The only thing different was that I exposed the roots in the clear plastic container until they were in bud.

 

Lucky you ... love the purple one. I was not successful this year with mine I've had for three years. Maybe I should have exposed the roots in the clear plastic container ... I put it in a decorative overpot last year!

 

I wondered about clear pots, then I saw a video by some American orchid growers and theirs were in ceramic pots. But clearly orchid pots as they has small slits in the sides to allow air in - but I wouldn't have thought much light would get in.

I have just acquired my first orchid - a Phalaenopsis. Basically because it was very cheap, and it might like the humidity in my conservatory. I have only just found out that the electric blue ones are not natural, their stem is injected with a blue dye. When they re-flower they revert to white. However the process and the dye is a secret. I had thought my white Brugmansia could benefit from a bit of colour. I wonder if blue ink would do.