#1: Pruning
Posted on 2005-08-25 18:14:50 by deaks99
I found this article
http://tinyurl.com/crna2
do you think it means cut back the flowering branches to where they
branch from the single straight stem, or cut back the stem also to
where it emerges from the root ball / leaves?
deaks99 Wrote:
> HI - I have an orchid in a pot which has stopped flowering now. The
> "care instructions" say cut back to just above the eye. Where is the
> eye????
>
> The plant is small, three fleshy leaves at the base, one 12 inch stem
> with no buds, then it forks into two zigzagging branches, each with
> flowers (or now just the nodules where the flowers were) about every
> inch.
>
> IS the "eye" one of these nodules or is it the point where the stem
> branches? If i cut it back to the point where the stem splits, there
> will be nothing but a bare stem left???? where will next years growth
> / flowers come from?
>
> thanks!!!
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deaks99
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