Comments on: How to Care For Moth Orchids https://planethouseplant.com/plant-profile-how-to-care-for-orchids/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Caroline Cocker https://planethouseplant.com/plant-profile-how-to-care-for-orchids/#comment-390 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:36:11 +0000 https://planethouseplant.com/?p=474#comment-390 In reply to Jessica.

There are a few species that grow leaves higher up so it’s probably completely normal – the plants grow kind of ‘flat’ looking rather than bushy – but plants can also grow leaves in a kinds of weird and wonderful ways.

If there’s a node, there’s the potential for a leaf, and they’re not worried about aesthetics. It’s growing and it has a bud, so I think it’s pretty happy!

]]> By: Jessica https://planethouseplant.com/plant-profile-how-to-care-for-orchids/#comment-388 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 03:55:56 +0000 https://planethouseplant.com/?p=474#comment-388 My orchid appears to be growing new leaves from lower nodes. It isn’t blooming right now but appears to be putting on a bud at the top. I’ve just never had one grow leaves up so high?

]]> By: Caroline Cocker https://planethouseplant.com/plant-profile-how-to-care-for-orchids/#comment-203 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:11:58 +0000 https://planethouseplant.com/?p=474#comment-203 In reply to Lucy.

Ok, so I cut off everything that looks dead, but try cutting the flower spikes back a bit but leave a couple of nodes on – you never know!

I swear orchids thrive on their own unhappiness.

]]> By: Lucy https://planethouseplant.com/plant-profile-how-to-care-for-orchids/#comment-198 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:11:18 +0000 https://planethouseplant.com/?p=474#comment-198 If ones inherited orchid has flowered and the ends of the stems are dry and brittle, can I cut it back? How far? Also some of the roots look a bit dead, can I cut them too? It needs repotting, I know, grandma didn’t believe in spoiling plants with special soil but tbf it’s flowered wildly since so it can’t be that unhappy!

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