How to prune lycaste cruenta

After flowering and once leaves have naturally yellowed and fallen. Cut spent flower spikes at the pseudobulb base with sterile scissors once completely browned. Allow leaves to yellow and drop naturally at the end of the growing season — do not force removal of senescing leaves, as nutrients are reabsorbed.

Annually, after each bloom and leaf-drop cycle. Lycaste cruenta needs only light annual tidying. After flowering, remove spent flower spikes at the base once fully browned. Importantly, this deciduous orchid drops its leaves seasonally — do not prune off yellowing leaves early, as the plant reabsorbs nutrients from them. Remove only fully dead foliage and spent spikes with sterile scissors.

Cut spent flower spikes at the pseudobulb base with sterile scissors once completely browned. Allow leaves to yellow and drop naturally at the end of the growing season — do not force removal of senescing leaves, as nutrients are reabsorbed.