How to prune three-coloured vanda

After flowering; dead leaves removed any time. Sterilise scissors before use. Cut spent spikes flush with the stem base. Remove dead lower leaves cleanly at their attachment point. Aerial roots should be left undisturbed.

As needed — after each bloom cycle for spikes; opportunistic for foliage. Three-Coloured Vanda needs very little pruning. Once flower spikes finish blooming, cut them at the base. Remove dead or yellow lower leaves cleanly where they meet the central stem. Never cut the single upright growing stem — Vanda is monopodial and will not recover from decapitation.

Sterilise scissors before use. Cut spent spikes flush with the stem base. Remove dead lower leaves cleanly at their attachment point. Aerial roots should be left undisturbed.