This way it stays fresh for up to a month

Tip 1: Cut the stem before setting

Before you put an orchid in the vase as a cut flower, cut the stem of the flower 1-2 cm at the lower end. Please use a clean, disinfected knife so that no germs get into the ducts. If the stem is still in a transport tube, you can now remove it for good.

Tip 2: use warm water

Put lukewarm water in the vase and orchids will show themselves from their most beautiful side. Panicle orchids like Phalaenopsis love it when they are pampered with 35 to 38 degrees warm water.

Tip 3: top up regularly

In contrast to their conspecifics in the plant pot, the water requirement of an orchid as a cut flower is at a high level. You should therefore water regularly as soon as the level in the vase drops. Please use lukewarm, filtered water to avoid cold shock.

Tip 4: place light and moderately warm

In the right location, orchids in the vase inspire with their exotic magic for up to 4 weeks. Therefore, choose a place with these light and temperature conditions:

• Bright location, without direct sun at noon
• Moderately warm temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius
• No immediate proximity to an active radiator

Cold drafts are not good for an orchid as a cut flower. You should therefore avoid a location where the window is tilted for ventilation. The danger is too great that a cold draft will frighten the flowers so much that they throw off all the blossoms.

Tip 5: cut the stalk every now and then

After a few days in the water, the stem ends gradually soften. So that the transport of water continues unrestricted, cut the flower stalks fresh every few days.