Moth orchid - the flowers have wilted as if finished blooming. what can be done?

I assume it needs to be dead headed, but where and how.|||Just cut off the spike near the base of the plant. It is done for this season.





See source for general information on caring for phalaenopsis orchids|||Moth Orchids or Phalaenopsis, typically reflower on existing stems - so I leave cutting mine until they start to die back, showing that they have finished. Just remove each individual flower as it dies, (each flower has a little stem that connects it to the main flowering stem) and leave the main stem intact until it has died back.





Sometimes the tip will die-back, though it might still produce a shoot from the flower stem, a little lower down: so just cut-off the dead portion of the stem.





I had some luck yesterday, a local florists was selling these at 99 pence each, where the flowers were almost over! The plants were strong and healthy, so will live for many years to come.





It%26#039;s occasionally possible to have flowers from the same flower stem for almost a year.





Good luck! Rob|||I have had success with going three knuckles from the baase of the plant|||I always cut orchid stems down to just above first knuckle. That stem does not produce again but a new stem will grow