Are my Kangaroo paws dead??

[u/Intazinga]

Planted these mid year, and they were full of colour and loving life. The began to have their flowers die off early in the beginning of summer, so I cut them back like I was told and have left them be since....I water them a few times a week, mainly if it's been hot.

Are they too far gone and dead? Or will they somehow spring back to life later in the year??

(Perth, Western Australia)

[u/dirty__cum_guzzler]

Let me guess, got them from Bunnings? Their roo paws are notorious for this.

[u/daidrian → u/dirty__cum_guzzler]

I think some of the newer varieties that have been bred to flower really prolifically actually end up putting too much energy into flowering and can't sustain it. Not really sure if it's true but it's what I've observed.

[u/dirty__cum_guzzler → u/daidrian]

Interesting. I was talking to a nursery owner and he said the same thing! This was a citrus tree nursery in Perth.

[u/unnecessaryaussie83 → u/daidrian]

The same with the phalaenopsis orchid. Bred to flower themselves to death