I was bought an orchid (botanical name -sainsbury's!) 4 years ago. It had a wonderful spray of flowers for 3 months then nothing. It now has 6 lovely healthy glossy leaves, plenty of roots, but no more flowers. It is watered with rainwater, lives in a humid bathroom & hasn't been repotted. Advice please !!

Hi Angiea iv added this Question to The Orchids Page in hope that some of the Realted Questions seen to the right will be of sum help?

Hi - I wrote a blog this week on how to care for Orchids - click on my (dog) picture and then on 'blogs' - you'll find the list of blogs - it's called 'Awkward Orchids'.

This tells you how to get your orchid to flower again. Good luck.

If you have a phalanopsis orchid i think the reason it has'nt flowered is probably because you have repotted it, it likes to be confined and will put on lots of leaf growth and no flowers if it has the room to grow... i won't give you the advice you need as if you read either of the above you'll find it there...

Errr - Angie - the other Angiea who asked the question said it HADN'T been repotted????? Did you mis-read it?

sorry yes i did.... lol bit early in morning... and not much sleep :-/ just ignor me Angiea... Read Spritz's blog, or any of the other questions on the orchid page that both Spritz and I have answered before .... yours will soon be back in flower :D

Thanks for your advice. I have put the orchid out in the hall although there is not a lot of temperature difference. I gather that will all change this weekend though !! I thought the greenhouse might be a bit drastic. Angie A

greenhouse? did i saggest that? lol think i am going mad... lol the best place i would say is bathroom, not too hot or cold defussed light best and lots of steam but not if you have problems with condesation.... er i think lol... unless you have a cymbidium orchid, that can go in a greenhouse... oh now i'm confussed...lol

Angie - it's because I do the 'shock' treatment to get an orchid to bloom again. Read the 'Awkward Orchids' blog I wrote - you'll see.

Angie A - not the greenhouse! Not with the weather changing very soon - you'd kill it! Eeeekkk!!!!

lol...will do Spritz think i missed that one...

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I love the botanical name of yours. Very funny ;~)))

'Orchidus x 'Sainsburianus'. Ian, to be TOTALLY corrent! LOL.

LMSO, Thanks for that I'll look it up in my book !?! ;~)))

I am not at all sure that this rare species will be in there, Ian! Sorry!

Oh do you not think so, and I was so looking forwards to reading up about it :~((

I do love the banter between you lot!! I wish I'd joined in before. I will post another message in a few weeks & let you know if we have any sign of flowers.

Hi Angiea, Come back soon and let us know how you get on!

Oh please do! ... It's so much better than not hearing another word from the person who asked a question! :-))