blooms have bloomin come off

[danny]

ive had it for bout 4 months and cared for it but blooms have sunddenly fell off. is this normal for time of year (october) or have i done something wrong i havent watered it much, didnt let it stand in water, when the roots were green i left it alone, when they were white i stood it in water for bout 15 mins. what can i do now to help it bloom again. however if this is normal behaviour, when will it flower again. ta very much

[mayres]

Yep - NORMAL behavior. If you had blooms for four months "ya done good".
I'm assuming you are talking a phalaenopsis (or moth) type orchid as this is the one that typically will bloom for that length of time. The general rule for most of them (by general I mean VERY general) - three months of bloom, three months for the flower spike to develop and open, six months of enjoying the leaves and roots. Depending upon where you live, they typically will start spiking in late fall with cooler evening temps which means you get to start enjoying flowers late winter or early spring. The air roots are generally grey/white all the time with greenish tips. Water should be poured through the media occasionally to wash out excess mineral and/or fertilizer deposits that will accumulate. These plants are forced by commercial growers to bloom at times that they will not normally bloom for individual home growers - so it may take some time for your plant to aclimate to your environment and settle in on a time frame that you can count on every year.