How to prune pleurothallis restrepioides

Any time, only when growth is clearly dead. Snip dead or browning leaves and spent flower spikes cleanly at the base with fine sterile scissors, taking care not to disturb the tight cluster of healthy ramicauls.

Rarely — only as needed when dead growth appears. Pleurothallis restrepioides needs minimal pruning. This diminutive orchid produces successive flowers from each leaf and the flower spike can persist for an extended period. Remove only fully dead leaves and exhausted brown spikes at the base with sterile scissors. Healthy leaves and any active or potentially active spikes should be left alone.

Snip dead or browning leaves and spent flower spikes cleanly at the base with fine sterile scissors, taking care not to disturb the tight cluster of healthy ramicauls.