How do I get my orchid to bloom constantly?

Follow these simple steps to help reblooming begin.

  1. Continue to water your orchid with 3 ice cubes once a week.
  2. Fertilize your orchid once or twice a month using a balanced houseplant fertilizer at half strength.
  3. Help your orchids grow by providing plenty of indirect sunlight.
  4. Put your orchid in a cooler spot at night.

How many times will an orchid rebloom?

With the proper routine, your plant may rebloom every three to six months.

Which orchids bloom all year round?

Clamshell Orchid In fact, it can be in bloom all year long. How to Grow Them: Clamshell orchid (Encyclia cochleata) grows best in low to bright light. Water once every week or two so the orchid mix just dries between waterings. Encourage more blooms by giving it orchid fertilizer once a month or so.

What to do with an orchid when it finishes blooming?

After the flowers drop from the orchid you have three choices: leave the flower spike (or stem) intact, cut it back to a node, or remove it entirely. Remove the flower spike entirely by clipping it off at the base of the plant. This is definitely the route to take if the existing stem starts to turn brown or yellow.

What is the life expectancy of an orchid?

Basically, as long as something does not kill the main structure of the orchid plant, these resilient plants can live indefinitely. It is not uncommon for an orchid plant to live beyond one hundred years or more. That said, there are some threats to the plant that will halt its growth or even kill it.

Do you still water orchids after flowering?

During their post-flowering rest period, reduce watering. If you overwater these varieties, they may rot and die. Phalaenopsis and Vanda orchids don’t have pseudobulbs to store water, so you should water them thoroughly when the potting mix is nearly dry to keep them from completely drying out.

Can orchids flower all year?

When it’s happy it will bloom for two or three months, take a few months off, bloom again – and so on – all year round.

Can orchids live year round?

With proper care an orchid can be in bloom for months each year and can live indefinitely. In this respect orchids are an excellent value as far as blooming plants go.

Where do you cut the orchid after the blooms fall off?

Follow these guidelines:

  1. For healthy, green spikes: Find a node under the lowest flower bloom. Trim 1 inch above that node.
  2. For unhealthy, brown spikes: Cut all the way back to the base of the plant.
  3. For double-spike orchids: Cut one spike at the base of the plant.