How to shape a Flower Cascade on your Phalaenopsis Orchid spike! - Orchid Care for Beginners

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[@MissOrchidGirl]

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[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Excellent timing! My rescue Phal is plumping up her first bud after a recovery and i’m so proud of her! It’s nice to be able to understand where the blooms might be facing when they emerge, based in her position! I can 100% understand why you have hundreds of orchids.. I thought I’d be totally over them by now (from being impatient) but they are such interesting character studies sometimes! Lolol

[@scootermom1791]

They are really fascinating!

[@shirleyholt898]

You have the most beautiful Phalaenopsis I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing the tip. I enjoyed watching.🤗🥀

[@H2H-9339]

orchids are very beautiful, really really spoil the lovers. Greetings, a hobby from Indonesia🙏😍❤️

[@k.s5889]

I got 2 orchids because of ur videos, I was a bit scared to have one, I hope with your vlogs I will take a good care.

[@wandashaw3551]

Hi Danny, this is the first time I decided to let my blooms not be staked and I do love the affect. I have them in clay/ceramic cover pots for stability and the ones that have bloomed so far look really nice with the way they arch over. :)

[@pennyjoe100]

Just placed my first order with repot me!! I used the promo code missorchidgirl and got a discount! Hopefully you’ll receive some commission. Thanks for all your work! You have taught me endless amounts of orchid knowledge! I am truly thankful to you. Plants are my hobby and they make me happy, it’s nice to see them all doing well and flowering beautifully! Just know that I appreciate all your work.

[@melodid5023]

Holy orchid.. did you read my mind???

[@MissOrchidGirl]

😎🧡

[@JustMe-th9yx]

This was excellent

[@sharlabaker4291]

Love cascade orchids!!!! Would you be able to do a video teaching how to shape the cascade into a shape such as square or circle? I’d love to see that process!

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Oh I’ve never seen that before! It sounds beautiful!

[@eccentricoldcow]

I very much doubt you can create a square shape, as it so unnatural. Ive started to train 2 phals into circles with wire

[@scootermom1791]

​@@eccentricoldcowthat's interesting. It reminds me of how people shape Bonsais.

[@eccentricoldcow]

@@scootermom1791 I got into bonsai many years ago but got out of it soon Too much work and I decided it wasn't right to restrict the trees.

[@scootermom1791]

@@eccentricoldcow I don't blame you. I enjoy watching Bonsai videos from time to time because I think it's a fascinating art form. However, I didn't know, until recently, that they were working with what would have become a full-grown tree if not for restricting the growth. I'd thought they were working with miniature trees to begin with. 🤔 Live and learn I guess. Lol

[@elpidakessapidou7361]

Great video and tips Danny Thank you for sharing

[@pajtaubchawkajsiab5750]

I love Orchid. Thank you for sharing, will stay with you for more

[@liverocks62]

Thank you for sharing this video, I am gonna give it a go👍🏼

[@ophieyaleahsarmiento9374]

Thank you.

[@ameliam.8662]

In one of your beginner videos on how to care for Phalaenopsis after flowers are spent, you mention that we should cut back the spike right below the most bottom spent flower skin. If we keep doing this after several years, wouldn't the spike get shorter and shorter to the point of the spike no longer exists? and will that trigger the plant to put out new flower spike(s)? Also, i would like to thank you very much for all the informative videos that you have produced so wonderfully. Two Christmasses ago, I received a Phalaenopsis Orchid from my neighbours, and after all the flowers died, I was close to throwing it away thinking that they only bloom once. And like everyone, i decided to look up on KZbin on how to care for orchids, and that was when you came into my life and taught me all about orchids. And now i go to stores looking for dying orchids to help revive them. THANK YOU!!!

[@Eryalb]

If you cut the spike down and it eventually dries up, that spike will not grow anymore, but the orchid will put out new flower spikes. I hope that answers your question.

[@dannyc9784]

you have 3 options, leave the spike alone, sometimes you can get a couple more blooms towards the end of the spike. You can also cut below the last flowering node, which sometimes will stimulate another shorter flower spike. Or the best option imo and is also what Danni does, is cut the whole spike off just above the 1st bottommost nodes, to let the orchid know its done flowering and go into growth mode leaves/roots. If you keep your orchid in spike bud for a very long time it will drain the plant. If I have a choice between a secondary mediocre spike, or a healthy thriving plant that will produce a better blooming the following year, I will always choose the latter.

[@ameliam.8662]

@@Eryalb 👍 thanks. thats what i thought.

[@ameliam.8662]

@@dannyc9784 appreciate your response.

[@dannyc9784]

@@ameliam.8662 Your welcome 😊

[@R.N.LosAngeles]

If I can get mine to bloom I’ll do this

[@michaelparness2896]

Does a Mini Phalaenopsis mean smaller leaves or smaller flowers or both? Love the video as always! My 30+ orchids look beautiful thanks to you!!

[@RedonneMoi1712]

Normally they have smaller flowers and smaller leaves.

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, both are generally smaller ☺️

[@g.l.5096]

Yes, yes, both... But, as always, there are exceptions, I got a mini with huge leaves, but tiny blooms. So pretty!

[@scootermom1791]

30 orchids? That's so impressive! When did you start growing them?

[@michaelparness2896]

@@scootermom1791 Thank you! I, (24) have over 100 now of various types! I started growing them when my mother was alive, she always had a love for them and had phals and Cattleyas growing when I was a young kid. In my late teens I began collecting them here and there and found great catharsis in growing them, caring for them, and watching them thrive. My mother passed away a few years ago and I still continue this passion both from my own love of the beautiful foliage and flowers they produce but also as a reminder of all of the sacrifices and love she gave to me and my brother, it's my way of honoring her legacy and life and furthering my own happiness and stability!

[@NeptunCristalPower]

wow I just did that :D crazy!

[@krisschmitz2167]

need some advise. Just received a Twinkle Orchid. Should I be concerned that there is green moss growing on and in between two pseudobulbs. Also, many buds getting ready to bloom. Thank you Kris USA

[@AnnetteVanderzon]

I tried getting the spike to go towards the window and ended up with such twisty, turned leaves that I had to cut a couple off as they completely unbalanced the rest of the orchid. I know - sad. Live and learn ;)

[@goldiesanders6162]

You might try to hang a dark cloth or dark paper on your bright white wall. I had to do that before I moved to a place that didn't have bright white walls.

[@209islandgirl]

Thank you for your videos and platforms. I pretty much watch you daily and you’ve been a comfort to me. I took up orchids as a new hobby after my 23 year old son died in 2019. I rescued a very sick phal and she has bloomed for me twice now. I took a suggestion of yours and bought a terminal spike phal. It currently is in bloom. Do you think after the blooms drop that I can cut off part of the stem above the roots to see what will happen? Do you think it will survive and create a better plant? Your thoughts and opinions are like gold - so anything you suggest will be helpful.

[@sofiem1225]

I’m really sorry for your loss. I hope you’re doing okay!

[@scootermom1791]

I am so sorry about your losing your son. That's something a mother should never have to experience. 😥 I can answer your questions, though, about your orchid because I actually did this with my one and only orchid last spring. At that time, I'd had the orchid for several months. The original 3 blooms (2 on one stem and 1 on another) had fallen off shortly after December 2021. I'd watched several videos about how to get it to rebloom; I think it was Orchid girl who showed how to tell if the orchid is trying to create a new stem and if so, to cut off the old one that lost it's flowers, so it could apply it's energy to growing the new stem and new flowers. Anyway, I cut off the old stem just above the roots. Some videos said not to expect new blooms for a year or more, so I didn't have high expectations. However, the stem I'd left intact almost immediately began growing buds for flowers. The new stem that was coming in started growing very quickly! It was only about a month behind the other stem in forming buds for flowers then the blooms themselves. By December 2022, I had two stems full of flowers! I stopped counting after 5 or 6, but I think it has at least 5 on each stem. Obviously much more than the 2 I started out with (which later developed a small 3rd bloom before it lost it's blooms). And these blooms are fuller and healthier than I'd ever seen before. That was my experience. It was really difficult for me to make that decision: risk losing a stem that might produce more flowers and being left with only one? Or take the chance that doing so will produce a better, healthier plant? I don't regret doing the latter. Did you ever try this yourself? What were your results?

[@lilijahanpour5703]

Hello, just a quick question. My orchid leaves are a bit twisted and I’ve heard it may be because of the light source but mine has always been the same source so it hasn’t really shifted. I did notice this on the leaves even when i first bought the flower. Any suggestions and tips would be highly appreciated thank you

[@jillianzip6058]

Not sure where to post my question. They are selling orchids with an arched stake so the flowers go up and back down again. What can I do to reshape that or handle the remaining flowers? They clipped between flowers. I’m guessing it helped them ship more orchids. But it’s confusing to position for light or change the clipping. There were three unopened buds when I purchased. Now two have opened but smaller.

[@oishd6077]

Hey danny could you do a video on acclimatizing orchids which were choked in spaghnum moss in their nursery pots to more airier medium?? I have bought the sogo yukidian V3 twice and each time it got root rot within a week 😭

[@Eryalb]

She has talked about it before. I would check out her videos where she changes the way she pots her Vanda's. If you have to repot an orchid right away, then you would want the new medium and set up to have a similar moisture level to the previous set up. For example, if you buy a Phalaenopsis potted in only sphagnum moss but want to put it in bark, then you would keep the bark moist and not let it get too dry. That way, the roots will not become shocked from growing from a very wet medium to a suddenly very dry medium. Does that make sense?

[@oishd6077]

@@Eryalb okay. Thanks! I will try to get another Sogo Yukidian V3 and I'll try this method. 😅💚

[@Eryalb]

@@oishd6077 You're welcome! Since it's a Sogo Yukidian V3, perhaps it will take 3 times for it to work out :p best of luck on your orchid journey!

[@edarp2612]

Can anyone tell me where I can find some curved (or bendable) stakes to support my bloom weight?

[@jenwestbrook1350]

I've been trying to find a way to contact you about shaping phals under grow lights. My spikes are doing great, going straight up. But what happems when I want them to start to bend for a nice show? Your minis look like you let them go nearly horizontal in another video. Do you rearrange the entire grow area to accomodate this?

[@Vohasiiv]

I had to reposition my orchid since the spike was running into the window and now a couple of the flowers are a bit crooked in the middle, but then the rest are normal

[@lenav544]

Do you think it would be a good idea to paint the wall with a slight darker color than bright white?

[@gailpetchenik3048]

My granddaughter bought me a blooming phelenopis for Valentine’s Day. It was about 1/2 full blooms & 1/2 buds. All the buds dried up & fell off. Was this because my house was too warm & the dryness from the heater?

[@dannyc9784]

It's called bud blast and it usually happens from a sudden change in temperature. Could be it was outside in the cold and came in to a much a higher temp. phals don't care too much about humidity in my experience, but they do thrive more in 30-40+. I have the same issue in the winter, with my condo humidity around 20% with my heat on.

[@suethompson6497]

I am sad after seeing your silver leaf schilleriana.....Mine has just dropped two of its leaves suddenly. No crown or root rot. Leaves & roots look perfect. No sign of bugs.....any ideas please on what I should do to save my one leaved plant? 🌸🙏

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Oh wow! I’ve asked Danny a similar question because I now have an orchid with zero leaves but a flower stalk still remains and I want to know what she knows about that subject! Mine was due to rot though. I conducted a cinnamon treatment on it but the most recent watering I must’ve been too generous and I lost it. Learning!

[@suethompson6497]

@@mirandabeaudry7936 Hi, yeah it’s pretty strange to have perfectly healthy leaves just drop off. And it finished flowering recently too. I thought it may be nutrition but the leaves and roots are plump and healthy. Rot is awful to deal with too isn’t it? I hope you get to save yours 🤞for you.

[@bobbaurhyte8281]

Question...several months ago we cut back the flower branch to above the nearest node. Now we have a definate leaf shoot, not a flower shoot. Thinking we should cut back again and retry, right?

[@Vohasiiv]

A leaf on the spike? That's a keiki and means your orchid is now a mommy. I recommend not cutting it off but if the plant is healthy then it really is up to personal preference.

[@bryanhumphreys940]

Do you trim the flower spike after the blooms die off?

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

I have left flower stalks on phalaenopsis that I bought from big box store sale racks and they developed new branches and are forming buds now from the same original stalk! She has some more videos on that specific subject surrounding flower stalk care specifically!

[@Vohasiiv]

I usually leave them if the tip is still green, but if not I will trim it down to a little above the next node. I have one orchid that has branches on branches, it rebloomed twice from the same spike and even made a new spike. If the orchids health is compromised and isn't doing well, its better to cut the whole spike as close to the base as possible so it can focus on making new leaves and roots to recover.

[@emeraldtownpaula7570]

I bought two Phelan abscess orchids three years ago. Neither one have bloomed. Very disappointing. They are very healthy have new leaves lots of roots inside and outside of the pot. They are planted in the proper mix and size of container. They sit in a bright northern window in my house temperature is consistent at between 65 and 70° A little warmer in the summer months. What am I doing wrong? Is it possible that some plants never bloom other than the first time?

[@dannyc9784]

They need a winter cooldown, get them down to 60deg at night and I guarantee flower spikes, as long as your plant is healthy.

[@emeraldtownpaula7570]

@@dannyc9784 Would it work if I do that now for a few weeks before spring? Thank you so much for the reply!

[@dannyc9784]

@@emeraldtownpaula7570 Yes they need a consistent temp drop at night for maybe 2-3 weeks straight if you can manage that. I have 20+ Phals. and every single one of them is in spike now, because I left the windows open a bit a couple of months ago. Be carful though they don't like to go much lower then 60 deg. I find that most of them will spike if they get to 62-64 at night and go up 10-12 deg during the day.

[@emeraldtownpaula7570]

I think I can manage it so I am going to try! Thank you so much for the help!

[@dannyc9784]

@@emeraldtownpaula7570 Your welcome .😊

[@PeaceLoveHonor]

Refresh your links! I know the repotme one is broken, and I wanted to use your link in case it helps you... will look for a newer vid and see if I can find one there. Love your stuff!

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, it would be very useful if you can tell me which one doesn't work, the main one works as I can see ☺️

[@danieljheelan5256]

Hi, I found a beautiful Ludisia Discolor orchid on your side. Can you tell me what medium you are using. Thanks for your reply. Daniel Jheelan from France

[@brittewater]

If I have questions about what the heck my orchid is doing, what's the best way to reach you and share photos? I have so many questions about my Phal. I think it might have 2 keikis and some new flew spikes growing but I"m not sure and don't know what to do

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

I also have an interesting question for you: I recently lost my last remaining leaf on my phalaenopsis due to rot...(pre-existing condition of a big box store rescue) BUT the stalk containing flower buds that were forming prior to the leaf loss have NOT begun dieing back...!!! What is your experience in the life of a phalaenopsis after all leaves have been compromised??

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

*Note that this question is referring to a separate orchid from my first comment*

[@luxmifrei9759]

Check her description box below. She has numerous videos on all topics regarding phals. Good luck🙋‍♀️.

[@scootermom1791]

Just out of curiosity, what happened to the rescue? Did it survive and grow leaves again?

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

@@scootermom1791 this was a while ago in my memory but I believe the orchid grew back very short and stubby leaves. In hindsight, the plant was put in a place that I now declare as medium/low light so multiple factors were at play.

[@scootermom1791]

@@mirandabeaudry7936 That's very interesting. I'm surprised it was able to grow anything at all again. Amazing what a little TLC will do...even for a plant. Thanks for replying! 🙂

[@suelicunha2893]

Lindasss

[@michelejarrait6829]

New to orchids. How do I know if it’s a flower spike or a root?

[@scootermom1791]

You probably know this by now, but she has a video that explains the difference.

[@lestertan2387]

Hi pl advise if diluted phostrogen is beneficial to orchids? Appreciate your fast reply...thanks

[@MissOrchidGirl]

Hi, I don't like using organic fertilizers on my collection, so I can't advise you there, sorry!

[@lestertan2387]

Thanks for yr advice which i will follow - will probably get miracle gro. Very much like Repotme but item and delivery charge is too expensive to ship to my country singapore.

[@jayscot529]

Can you get an orchid that has already bloomed to grow more flower spikes?

[@Kirke910]

Yes but it might not happen right away depending on the orchid variety.

[@kendravoracek3636]

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