Cutting Orchid Stem....?

Where exactly were you suppose to cut after it stops flowering?.....



Ochid has dropped all of the flowers.... and now i have a stem which is quite long.... reading from what people say ... ."Cut the stem" but exactly where from?... and is it the stem of the flower stick (or shall i call this stem)...or is it the plant it self?....



is the cut from bottom or top?...



Finally... how long will it take to flower again.... and how do i keep it!

Cutting Orchid Stem....?
I am not an expert, I am just speaking from experience. When my orchid dropped its petals, I just trimmed of the tip at an angle and left it in the window and seldomly watered. About a month or so later, I got a new beautiful shoot.....it grew a lot lower than where I cut. If you look at the stem and see the darker green "ridges" this is where the new sprout came out. The orchid has to be the most fascinating flower to watch bloom.
Reply:You need to cut just above the node which is the bit on the stem that looks like it should have grown into a leaf but didn't- this should encourage new growth from there and more flowers. I did this on mine and got new flowers a couple of months later.
Reply:Cut down from the top,just above the 4th node.
Reply:half middle way .. be careful
Reply:Cut approx 10cm from base.

The plant should put on leaf now. When it produces a central leaf - as opposed to peripheral ones, re-pot, but only into a marginally bigger pot, with new orchid compost. Water sparingly as before, feed as before, should flower within a year.