Normal. They won't bounce back after they begin to wilt. Neither will leaves, but you always keep the leaves intact unless they are dying back completely (you would know for sure when that happens) or if it is diseased, etc. if it's just "ugly" but functioning, you leave leaves on.
Anyway, back to the blooms, like I said this is normal. Either A. It's just their time to go or B. Climate change, etc caused to blast. Again, nothing to worry about except that you won't have pretty blooms for much longer.
I bought a Phal orchid at Lowes and almost all it's blooms were blasting (wilting early) but 2 on each spike have stayed strong for a couple months now, showing no sign of wilting anytime soon and it's even budding at the end of the spikes currently. I assume because many of the blooms wilted early, perhaps there was still some blooming hormone left in the tissue and it decided to keep going. Maybe that's not how it works, but makes sense to me.
Any time I'm worried about the health of a plants roots and leaves, I chop the spikes down. Sad, but I don't want it to be an anorexic model, I want it to be happy and healthy as well as beautiful. Haha
So, just let them fall as they will for now and see what happens. Or if the roots are in sad shape, chop the spikes all the way down to about .5-1 inch above where it comes out of the leaf area.
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PS you could chop one spike and leave the other.
Also, if you're not sure about watering- use a wooden skewer stuck toward the middle of the root mass and see if it is cold/damp.
When my plants are in a plastic pot within a decorative pot, I'll take it out of the decorative one a day or so before I think I have to water it so it dries out a bit more. Unless it needs the heavy pot for stability.
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