Cutting back Orchid

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  1. barryman

    barryman Gardener

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    My Orchid seems to have almost finished flowering. I'm down to the last couple of flowers. (see photo) tmp-cam-7256156522174999027.jpg

    My question is:- how far down do I cut it back. Advice varies from cutting almost to the base to cutting back a couple of nodes from the flowers. So, what's best to do and when is the best time to do it? Do I cut all the stems?
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I usually cut each flower stem back to the next node, you usually get another flower stem develop from there.
    Doesn't matter when you do it, I do it as soon as the flowers on the stem are finished.
     
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