An apparatus is provided for removing leaves (1) from the stems (2) of cut flowers. It comprises a conveyor belt (3) having a conveying direction (4) for conveying the cut flowers in a position in which the stems extend transversely beyond the conveyor belt (3) and deleafing means (6)positioned next to the conveyor belt (3) for engaging the stems for removing the leaves there from. The deleafing means (6) comprise deleafing members moving along endless tracks in first planes extending substantially perpendicularly to a second plane defined by the conveyor belt and the stems (2) of the cut flowers. As seen in a direction perpendicularly to the second plane, the angle between said first planes and the stems lies in a range from 0° to 20°.
