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Does anyone here have an orchid? I got one on clearance for 99 cents and against all odds it lived.

Posted by Amy (aka momstravaganza) Jan 14 '11, 10:17

I mean, I really didn't have enough to care for at home, with a kid and 5 pets, so now I have this orchid.
When the blooms fall off, do you cut back the stem?

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Here -- (link) - TWuG Jan 14, 10:22 5
- " When the blooms fade, cut off the spike � inch above where it projects from the foliage." -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:24 4
  - i win! -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:33 3
    - Because you win *everything*. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:37 2
      - heh, but for the record I have won *nothing* in 2011 yet. - Andie Jan 14, 10:40 1
        
        I am *so* behind in contesting. Way too much sickness and crap going on to think of it. -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:53
I don't think you cut it, but just leave it and after a while a new one will replace it. -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:19
i think you cut it back, but not *all* the way. it will send up a new stem, eventually. - Andie Jan 14, 10:19
No, though I had an amaryllis for several months. - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:18

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Does anyone here have an orchid? I got one on clearance for 99 cents and against all odds it lived.

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