| Kind of an odd question... do you have ripe fruit (like a fruit bowl with apples) anywhere near your new orchids? Sometimes that can cause the buds to blast (drop off) too.
You can snip the the spike to the next node (i.e. just below where the flowers started you should see a little bump on the stem). If the plant is otherwise happy, it can start a new spike. Usually the second spike doesn't have as many flowers though.
Consider yourself warned, once you get an orchid to re-bloom you may become hopelessly addicted! My orchid addiction innocently started with a few plants that I justified buying ("they're cheaper than a bouquet of flowers and they last longer"). Now I have about 70 plants!
Last edited by berkeleysgr8; 09-01-2007 at 08:16 PM.
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