Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Stem questions, 1 by TamiF

TamiF wrote:
I have been fighting to keep this plant alive since I received it. It was another one of my sisters throw aways. Anyways it is doing much better now, but what I thought to be new growth has turned out to be 2 peduncles. So I am assuming that the new growth is going to come from the node at dirt level, am I right or will new growth come from the next node down as well? Also when you cut a stem back, it is going to start new growth from the first node down from the cut, but what happens when that new stem gets cut back as well? Will the new stem come from the other side of that same node, or do you cut it back to the next node? Does that make since? I'm getting ready to start replanting in Feb. and I want to clean up alot of stems that don't seem to be doing much. Thanks for any and all advice.

Oh and another thing. Harry at Chula Orchids is having a 1/2 price sale on some things, anything with a WOW by it is half price. I made a pig out of myself on the sticky traps.

H. callistophylla