The flowering period of a Phalaenopsis lasts several months. During this time, she should be provided with sufficient water and nutrients, even if she doesn't need much of either. After that the need is even lower.
How to care for a phalaenopsis after flowering?
After a Phalaenopsis has flowered, you should stop using fertilizer, reduce watering (about once a week), cut off dry parts of the plant and do not change the location of the orchid unnecessarily. Give the plant a rest period so that it can bloom profusely again soon.
When will the Phalaenopsis bloom again?
Avoid fertilizer altogether and limit watering. Water the Phalaenopsis about once a week. Also avoid unnecessary changes of location, as the butterfly orchid doesn't particularly like that.
Be patient, after a few months you will probably discover the first new growth. Now the time has come when you can water your Phalaenopsis a little more again. You can also start fertilizing again.
The most important things in brief:
- only cut off really dry plant parts
- Set fertilization
- water less than before
- Don’t change locations unnecessarily
Tip
Give your Phalaenopsis a period of rest and it will soon bloom profusely again.
