Ask the Expert: Epidendrum Orchid………..I have a plant with 2 tall shoots and is flowering very nicely. It appears additional stalks are growing. Should I snip off the brown stalks and permit the green stalks to grow?

Stephen,

You can remove the old flower spikes and stems by snapping or cutting them at the base of the plant.  Although pruning is not necessary for re-blooming.  Often the flower stalk will bloom again in a couple of months.  The flower stalk sometimes will produce a Keiki (baby plant) and the baby can be removed and planted.

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