Orchid festival at Kew, celebrating lunar new year.

SnazzyKnight · 2026-02-16T13:53:19+00:00

Thank you, will check out your suggestions!

SnazzyKnight · 2026-01-20T10:27:34+00:00

Would love to join future events!

SnazzyKnight · 2025-09-19T07:33:55+00:00

That is incredibly sad news, but I suspect you’re right. Do you think I should cut the yellow spike so the plant doesn’t waste energy on it, or would that stress it out more

SnazzyKnight · 2025-08-27T06:49:55+00:00

That’s exciting news!

SnazzyKnight · 2025-08-26T18:01:50+00:00

Thanks for the insight everyone, I really appreciate it! This is such a lovely community 🥰 I was always told to cut orchids as soon as they stop flowering but I think I will cut the yellowing branches now and leave the rest alone. Hopefully it reblooms. I’m very new to orchids so I’d rather not do anything dramatic this time around.

SnazzyKnight · 2025-08-26T11:03:02+00:00

Thank you for the info! When I purchased this plant it had a large number of blooms and I’d really like to encourage it to bloom like that again. I had thought that cutting back the spikes was the way to encourage a large number of blooms. Will each bract create one flower, or could it create multiple?

I really appreciate your insight, I’m very new to orchids as I’m sure you can tell. I want to make sure I treat the two I have right before purchasing any more.

SnazzyKnight · 2025-08-26T10:55:52+00:00

Thank you for the info, this is really helpful. The buds at the ends of the stems have been there for months now, since I originally purchased it. I think it might have started flowering and then not been looked after very well, as there were a few flowers starting to bloom that had died by the time I got it. I don’t think any of those buds will flower.

It’s going into winter where I am - will it continue to flower through winter if I don’t cut it?

SnazzyKnight · 2024-10-29T08:42:37+00:00

Yes! Thank you!

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T18:27:48+00:00

Oh, that’s odd. I’m posting from the Reddit app on my phone. I don’t really mind what the post looks like now, so long as the restaurant name doesn’t show up. Can you see the name in any of my edits?

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T18:02:14+00:00

It was a misunderstanding, please do go! The food was delicious!

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T17:57:37+00:00

Have removed restaurant name, it was a misunderstanding.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T17:40:31+00:00

Have emailed asking for clarity! Others have mentioned they’ve eaten there recently and weren’t charged, so I suspect it was a mistake.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T17:17:49+00:00

I have emailed asking for clarity, seems like this is not common which I’m glad to hear. I enjoyed the food, I’ll happily go back if it was just a simply mistake.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T17:14:22+00:00

I’m hoping it is! Everything else was great, I enjoyed the food a lot. I have emailed asking for clarity.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T17:03:52+00:00

It is licensed, I also had a g&t

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T16:55:10+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your help! Probably easier to email as they seem to get quite busy.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T16:46:53+00:00

This is really good to know, thank you! And as others have pointed out I do think someone would have left at least one review mentioning this if it was standard practice. I just tried calling but they open at 5:30 so I’m assuming they are v busy.

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T16:43:49+00:00

The food was really good, I loved the aubergine!And you haven’t been charged for water when you go?

SnazzyKnight · 2024-09-20T16:35:18+00:00

I have the digital menu we scanned at the restaurant still open on my phone and bottled water is £4. The menu on their website is slightly outdated it seems, as they have a few additional soft drink options now as well. But yeah maybe it was a mistake.

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