Phalaenopsis Care Thread

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RantingDev	Sep 15 2008, 7:14pm Anchor
Hi, all. What, in your experience, is the best possible way to care for fresh Phalaenopsis blooms for use in wedding work?
James	Sep 16 2008, 8:42am Anchor
A long lasting flower that should not be refrigerated, probably use some preservative in the water. The seem to dislike air conditioning.
Marjorie-Milner-Coll	Sep 17 2008, 1:56pm Anchor
You need to cut the heads of the stem and allow 2-3 hours to drink. Then proceed to wire (if bridal work). You can use three of four light applications with Design Master Clearlife on the front and back of the bloom as this will stop the petals from dehydrating. If white Phalaenopsis are going clear you could spray the back of the petals only with Design Master Flat White spray and this will give the orchard a very natural appearance. MMC Good Luck!
nic	Sep 17 2008, 2:52pm Anchor
When you cut the head off the stem you need to place the stem in a shallow saucer of water. The advantage of this is the flower will hydrate better because there is less stem for the water to go up and they will be less likely to wilt when you use them. As said above leave them like this overnight or if you don't have this amount of time at least a few hours. Hope this helps Nic
johnegorman	Oct 6 2008, 12:43pm Anchor
Great to have this source of imformation , but page width is too wide so one is forever shifting the arrows at bottom of screen. best wishes John E Gorman

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RantingDev

Sep 15 2008, 7:14pm Anchor

Hi, all. What, in your experience, is the best possible way to care for fresh Phalaenopsis blooms for use in wedding work?

James

Sep 16 2008, 8:42am Anchor

A long lasting flower that should not be refrigerated, probably use some preservative in the water. The seem to dislike air conditioning.

Marjorie-Milner-Coll

Sep 17 2008, 1:56pm Anchor

You need to cut the heads of the stem and allow 2-3 hours to drink. Then proceed to wire (if bridal work).

You can use three of four light applications with Design Master Clearlife on the front and back of the bloom as this will stop the petals from dehydrating.

If white Phalaenopsis are going clear you could spray the back of the petals only with Design Master Flat White spray and this will give the orchard a very natural appearance.

MMC :thumbup:
Good Luck!

nic

Sep 17 2008, 2:52pm Anchor

When you cut the head off the stem you need to place the stem in a shallow saucer of water. The advantage of this is the flower will hydrate better because there is less stem for the water to go up and they will be less likely to wilt when you use them. As said above leave them like this overnight or if you don't have this amount of time at least a few hours.

Hope this helps

Nic

johnegorman

Oct 6 2008, 12:43pm Anchor

Great to have this source of imformation , but page width is too wide so one is forever shifting the arrows at bottom of screen. best wishes John E Gorman

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