How to prune white-lip oncidium

After flowering finishes. Cut spent flower spikes cleanly at the base with sterilised scissors or a blade. Peel away dead leaf sheaths from pseudobulbs gently by hand; do not cut healthy pseudobulbs.

As needed — once per bloom cycle for spent spikes, occasionally for dead foliage. White-Lip Oncidium rarely needs pruning. Once a flower spike finishes blooming, cut it back to the base using sterile scissors. Remove any yellowed, shrivelled, or dead leaves at the pseudobulb base as they appear. Do not cut into healthy pseudobulbs — they store energy for the next growth cycle.

Cut spent flower spikes cleanly at the base with sterilised scissors or a blade. Peel away dead leaf sheaths from pseudobulbs gently by hand; do not cut healthy pseudobulbs.