How To Care For Orchid Plant After Blooms Fall Off. Water the plants on a weekly basis and feed it once a month with liquid houseplant fertilizer which is diluted to half strength. Caring for Your Orchid After the Bloom.
Although the flowers fall off naturally when they are done blooming the process entails typically withering of stems and nodes. Some experts retain the spikes hoping for a rebloom which sometimes does happen. If you do cut it Palomares suggests cutting the spike about an inch above the planting line.
Leave the flower spike or stem intact cut it back to a node or remove it entirely.
If a spike is not cut back it usually starts to yellow and wither as the plant removes energy from the area. Your orchid will have to experience these conditions for about 3-4 weeks before starting to rebloom. The orchid does not need to direct any energy to this fading appendage. During the non-blooming periods standard orchid care involves the same type of environment as many other houseplants.