crafty pat

Mine are in a SE window, one blooms for me every year and has just now put on a bloom shoot. One I pampered for three years before it bloomed again and it was a beauty. One I lost and two haven't bloomed in two years. I heard a expert say some will never bloom again while others will bloom again for you. I guess it is a toss up on what you have. If my two don't bloom for me this year I will put them outside next summer and if that does not work I will throw them away.

joyce blint

Perhaps some plant food? I can cause my Christmas cacti to bloom most any time, by letting then really dry out and then watering w plant food mixed in.

SuzzyQ

My aunt said to treat them like African Violets.

maviskw

I was given an orchid for my birthday last year (big one) It bloomed beautifully for more than four months. I watered it once a week with 1/4 cup of water, quite regularly. Then it just sat there all summer (watered not quite so regularly). I noticed the new flower stalks when they were already 6 inches high. Then I cut off the old stalks. The first new flower opened on Monday. There are seven or eight buds on each stalk.
I give it ice cubes now. They don't freeze the roots. It seems the new stalks came after I started using the ice cubes.
I have it in a north window now.
I think the plant food should be special orchid fertilizer, but I don't have any of that yet. You use that once a year. The friend who gave me the orchid said she would give me some of her fertilizer, but she hasn't yet.

AlvaStitcher

I live in Florida and keep my orchids outside all year. Some on trees, some hanging on a trellis. I have to be careful that they don't dry out during our slower rain months. Fertilize once a month with orchid fertilizer and they grow well. Right now I have 6 dendrobiums (sp?) in flower spike I love growing them and need to cut off starters from some and get them potted. Waiting for screen enclosure to go up here (we recently moved into a new house and are putting up a pool enclosure (minus the pool) for landscaping. I love working with plants and luckily so does my husband.

linkd

Benign Neglect. If I knew what I was doing I'm sure it would have died years ago. It's above the kitchen sink, water it a little when I think about it. It does have good light. Never fed it and it has bloomed for the last 4 or 5 years - usually about the time we think it is dead and we should throw it out.

1screech

They will reblooms year after year. If you have a tree, you can put them under the tree and leave them alone. They have to be brought in in very cold weather.

gramma nancy

I am sorry for this, but when I read your question, all I could do was think -- just keep it around and watch it die! That has been my experience one too many times. Now I have quit buying them, much as I love them, cause I can't keep them alive. **sigh**

Blue Bell

Try Orchid Food Plant Food by Schultz. My son gave a plant for Mother's day about 10 years ago and It has bloomed every year, one year it seemed to be in continuous bloom. I read that if you give it a SMALL amount of plant food each time you water it, it will bloom more than once a year. It also likes humidity so I keep them by the kitchen sink. I now have 3 plants from the mother plant. I read that you can add ice cubes to water it, but I have always watered my orchids with warm water with about 1/16 of a teaspoon of plant food. It is an easy plant to grow.

Barbshobbies

It`s the waiting & neglect I don`t like, mine are in east window, look awful most of the time, but as long as there is life I can`t toss anything out. I do make a gallon jug of water with an 1/8th of a teaspoon of orchard fertilizer, and only water them when really dry. Some of mine are really getting old , and still bloom beautifully!