Jack’s Classic Orchid Plant food

When we moved to our new condo four months ago someone gave us a double stem orchid plant as a housewarming gift. It was placed on the console table in the dining room with all of our other houseplants. It was the only flowering plant among all the greens. It did really well until it inevitably started to lose the flowers. We’ve had orchids before and never had much luck with them. I think one time we actually had one come back to life. So we read all about the care of an orchid - again - and stopped at Ginkgo Gardens in Capitol Hill to get some orchid food and replanting soil. We needed advice on which food to get - keeping the plant healthy or boosting the blooms. We decided on keeping it healthy because there is a new leaf starting to grow, which gives us some hope. We were told to cut the spent stem all the way to the bottom, move the plant to another spot in the house and trick it into thinking it’s winter - water it less - and keep it there for three months. So today I cut down one of the stems and am waiting for the flowers to fall off on the other. Since we have been giving it five ice cubes every week we will need to cut back to twice a week, convert amount that to water and add the plant food. We still need to figure out the best time to replant it. Isuppose  you could say we are looking at this as an experiment and see if it comes back. All we can do is give it our best and hope it makes a difference.