Re-spike question
Hi Everyone -- I just joined the orchid board and have a question about my Phals.
Three out of my five Phalaenopsis plants have completed their blooming (all the flowers dropped off and the top part of the stems turned brown), so I cut the stems after the second node (with sterile scissors).
It has been about 4 weeks since I have done this on one of my orchids and I see a ton of new roots spiking out, but no flowering spikes....it seems that in order to get a flowering spike, I will need to drop the temperature, correct?
Currently my orchids are on a window sill facing the east...what would you suggest for "dropping the temp" to encourage a flower spike? Do you just move them away from the window? Or somewhere else in the house not at an eastern facing window? I have never had any orchid spike...so I am looking forward to this!
Thanks,
Jared
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