Why do the leaves turn red during the maintenance of crab claw orchids?

Crab claw orchid is a common flower in the park, the flower color is very bright, the flowering period is long, easy to take care of. There are many kinds of crab claw orchids, and different varieties of flowers and colors are also different. many people keep them at home to add a touch of new color. Recently, a friend asked why the leaves turned red during the maintenance of crab claw orchid. Some friends ask why their own crab claw orchids do not blossom? Let's take a look at it together.

First, the reason why the leaves of crab claw orchid are red.

1. Drought leads to redness of crab claw orchid leaves.

Many flower friends buy crab claw orchids and water them once and then leave them alone. If they are short of water for a long time, their leaves will wilt and turn red. Of course, proper water control can promote the crab claw orchid to come out of the bud, but this degree is difficult to master, especially for novice flower growers, once it is not well controlled, the drought will lead to the redness of the leaves, which usually starts from the stem and then spreads to the root.

2. The low temperature leads to the yellowing of crab claw orchid leaves.

When the temperature becomes low, especially in winter, the leaves of crab claw orchid are easy to turn red, which is likely to be caused by low temperature.

3. Lack of nutrients leads to yellowing of crab claw orchid leaves.

In addition to giving enough crab claw orchid fertilizer, many flower lovers no longer care whether they need topdressing or not. If it has never been replenished, and the leaves of crab claw orchid have no luster, reddish hair and soft hair, it is likely to be lack of potash and phosphate fertilizer. In addition, long-term lack of nutrients is likely to lead to slow growth of crab claw orchid.

4. Rotten roots lead to yellowing of crab claw orchid leaves.

Crab claw orchid is not a root flower, if too much watering pot soil appears stagnant water, it is easy to appear root rot phenomenon, so it can not carry out respiration, provide nutrients and water to the plant, slowly the crab claw orchid will appear leaves soft, red, thinning phenomenon. There is also a case of four low temperatures but rotting roots when there is enough light will make the stems turn red.

Second, the reason why the crab claw orchid does not bloom.

1. Lack of fertilizer

If you want crab claw orchid to blossom as scheduled, nutrients are indispensable. In addition to giving foot base fertilizer, proper application of organic fertilizer in the early stage of flowering can promote its flowering. Remember not to use compound fertilizer, which is prone to root burning.

2. Not pruned properly

If the excess branches and leaves of the crab claw orchid are not pruned in time, then the nutrition of the whole plant will be absorbed by these branches and leaves, and the insufficient nutrition of the trunk will cause the crab claw orchid not to blossom or the number of flowers is very small. Therefore, in the crab claw orchid flower wilting phenomenon should be cut off in time.

3. The growth temperature is not suitable.

If you want the crab claw orchid to bloom, you must first ensure that its growth temperature is between 10 and 15 ℃. If it is too high or too low, the crab claw orchid will enter a dormant state, not to mention flowering, the whole plant will grow slowly, and the leaves may turn yellow and fall off.

4. Lack of light

If the crab claw orchid does not bloom, it may also be due to lack of light, so we should keep 3-4 hours of light every day a month before flowering, so as to increase the flowering rate.

The above is the introduction of the reasons for the redness and non-flowering of crab claw orchid leaves, and let's take a look at whether we have entered these misunderstandings when we maintain them.