Your best bet is to leave the spikes be until they die off, will turn a
straw colour. This
way you don't pass on any viruses etc.
They should have name tags stuck in the side of the pots.
Pictures may help to get the genus at least.
Post a link here or subscribe to alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
where most of us post.
Cheers Wendy

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On Jun 24, 2:40 pm, "weedhopper" wrote:
After flowering do the stalks get trimmed back?

My Orchids live in Florida.

some yes, some unequivocally NO.

what kinds of orchids?

I have no idea. They were given to me as gifts. Is there a way to ID
them? Your help and Roberts, is appreciated.