Orchid

beautiful Janette, you've done well with this

Thanks Eileen ....I,ve another one in flower at the moment , did have two but I snapped the flower stem from one while moving it :(

Beautiful.

Well done Janette , I still can't cope with these beautys .. . they never flower again for me .. and yet I know people who completely ignore theirs and they are always in flower ..................

I'm not usually moved by orchids but that is a really beautiful pic.

Thnaks ladies I still cant believe I have managed to keep these alive,these ones are totally pamperd Amy.....

Beautiful.

credit to you..well done

Its Lovely well done :)

Thanks guys

Lovely Janette.A neighbour of ours wants to know what to do with hers when it stops flowering.Have you any advice please ?

Thanks Bonkers when this stopped flowering for the first time I cut the stem back and just gave it a feed with orchid food every three of four weeks and then , gave it distiled water just enough to keep it from drying completely out ,hope that helps your friend ,dont know if that was the right thing to do ..but hey it,s still thriving as is the others treated the same way....

Oh thanks so much Janette..will pass this info on. Our neighbour fond of the orchid as was a gift and its a lovely dark purple.Sure she will give it a try and well done you !

Put my orchids in the shade house last summer but this summer they've been as neglected as all my other plants...they're still in my kitchen window...they seem to be ok...but I'm hoping they'll put out a flush of bloom...fingers crossed! Never thought of trying demineralized water...do you think that's the ticket? Congratulations...wonderful things aren't they?

Thanks Lori I did read somewhere about the distiled water and just gave it a go it seemed to work pretty well ,the others have new flowers one I accidently knocked ans snapped the flower stem :( ....they are wonderful and I never thought I would be able to grow them ....well you never know untill you try...do you

Georgous colour well done.