How To Handle Orchid Blooms?

Moth orchids or Phalaenopsis typically grow a new flower spike about once a year, but if they don’t grow a new spike after 1 to 2 months, feed them with a bloom booster fertilizer. With proper care and conditions, your Phalaenopsis orchid should rebloom in 2 to 3 months. To make your orchid rebloom, follow these steps:

1. Determine when your orchids should bloom, how to encourage more blooms, and how to help lifeless ones rebloom.
2. Water your orchid two times a day for aerial roots, but depending on your location, you might need to do it three or even four times a day. If you’re worried about overwatering, consider using a bloom booster fertilizer.
3. Once the flowers have dropped off, get fertilizing, increase light, and find a new spot for your plant.
4. Cut back the flower spike, keep watering, provide adequate light, and maintain the arrangement.
5. Delay repotting until after your orchid finishes blooming, trim dead spikes, provide sufficient humidity, and reduce ambient temperatures slightly when necessary.
6. Switch from a foliage fertiliser to a flower fertiliser before your orchid is due to produce a new flower stem. If your orchid hasn’t re-bloomed, some people believe it’s best to cut off the stem entirely at the base where it comes out of the leaves, and it will bloom again in several months.