How to prune stanhopea tigrina

Immediately after the downward-pendant spike finishes blooming, typically summer. After flowers drop, trim the spent spike at its base using sterile scissors, cutting from below the basket. Avoid disturbing the root system threaded through basket slats. Remove only fully desiccated pseudobulbs if present.

Once annually after each flowering. Stanhopea tigrina needs minimal pruning. Its flower spikes emerge downward through the basket, so spent spikes can be trimmed at the base after blooming ends. Never remove pseudobulbs unless fully dead. This orchid needs open-basket growing and correct watering far more than any pruning intervention.

After flowers drop, trim the spent spike at its base using sterile scissors, cutting from below the basket. Avoid disturbing the root system threaded through basket slats. Remove only fully desiccated pseudobulbs if present.