Moth orchid - the flowers have wilted as if finished blooming. what can be done?

I assume it needs to be dead headed, but where and how.

Moth orchid - the flowers have wilted as if finished blooming. what can be done?
Just cut off the spike near the base of the plant. It is done for this season.



See source for general information on caring for phalaenopsis orchids
Reply:Moth Orchids or Phalaenopsis, typically reflower on existing stems - so I leave cutting mine until they start to die back, showing that they have finished. Just remove each individual flower as it dies, (each flower has a little stem that connects it to the main flowering stem) and leave the main stem intact until it has died back.



Sometimes the tip will die-back, though it might still produce a shoot from the flower stem, a little lower down: so just cut-off the dead portion of the stem.



I had some luck yesterday, a local florists was selling these at 99 pence each, where the flowers were almost over! The plants were strong and healthy, so will live for many years to come.



It's occasionally possible to have flowers from the same flower stem for almost a year.



Good luck! Rob
Reply:I have had success with going three knuckles from the baase of the plant
Reply:I always cut orchid stems down to just above first knuckle. That stem does not produce again but a new stem will grow