How to prune boat orchid

After flowering ends, typically late spring or summer. Cut spent spikes at their base with sterilised scissors. Remove dead or brown leaf tips only — cut to just above living tissue rather than removing the whole leaf unless it is fully dead.

Annually for spent spikes; dead foliage removed as needed. Boat Orchid (Cymbidium aloifolium) requires little pruning. Remove spent flower spikes at the base after blooms drop. Trim any dead, brown, or damaged leaves close to the pseudobulb. Healthy pseudobulbs should be left intact — they fuel future flowering.

Cut spent spikes at their base with sterilised scissors. Remove dead or brown leaf tips only — cut to just above living tissue rather than removing the whole leaf unless it is fully dead.