On 21/04/2013 11:57, Dave West wrote:
Indoor orchid stem with five nice developing buds has accidentally just been
snapped off.

We have put it in a vase of water. Is it best to:

1. just change fresh water regularly
2. sprinkle a little phostrogen in the water
3. years ago i read putting in a couple of copper coins in the water was a
good idea?

Grateful for any advice on the above and any other suggestions. Thanks.

There is an outside chance that adding a small amount of aspirin will
accelerate the development of blooms and the feed sold for cut flowers
also helps. You probably also need to recut the stem cleanly underwater
with the sharpest knife you can find so that the capilliaries are not
airlocked. After that it is pot luck whether it will behave OK.

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Regards,
Martin Brown