Crab claw orchid is the most easy to get these three diseases in summer. If you are not careful, you even have to throw the pot and collect it in advance.

Crab claw orchid is a green plant that many flower friends like. It belongs to epiphytic succulent plant of cactus family. It has high ornamental value and can be grafted onto other plants. Normal maintenance of crab claw orchid is less sick, but with the coming of summer, when the temperature exceeds 30 ℃, it will enter a semi-dormant state, and its resistance will decline. Coupled with the wet environment, it will be easy to get sick, especially these three diseases. Even the pot has to be thrown away inadvertently, and the flower friends who need it can collect it in advance.

1. Anthrax

Crab claw orchid is particularly susceptible to anthracnose in summer high temperature and humidity environment, mainly acting on the leafy stem, showing a small macular macula in the early stage of the disease, slowly becoming irregular brown or yellowish brown, and small black spots arranged with filament lines, which will soon infect other leaves to the whole plant.

Prevention and cure: pay attention to ventilation at ordinary times, do not accumulate water in the basin, if the branches are too dense, trim off some properly, spray the plants with 0.1% Bordeaux solution every other time, remove the leaves in time at the initial stage of the disease, and spray the plants 100 times diluted with 60% Dysen zinc, spray once a week, 3-4 times continuously.

2. Rot disease

Rot is mainly a disease caused by high temperature and high humidity. after the crab claw orchid is damaged, its basal tissue will turn brown and soft rot, then gradually spread to both sides, and finally spread to the whole plant resulting in necrosis.

Prevention and treatment: properly control watering, increase the air permeability of the soil, in the early stage of the disease, remove the diseased tissue in time, and also remove some of the healthy leaves around it, smear sulfur powder on the wound or use 3 Baomedushi sulfur mixture. Then spray the plant with carbendazim.

3. Leaf blight

Leaf blight often occurs at the tip of tender leaves, and when it occurs, it develops from top to bottom, causing the leaves to turn yellow and wither step by step. It is mainly caused by a fungus that invades the root, which is mainly caused by excessive watering or heavy fertilizer. When this happens, it is necessary to prune the disease site quickly, remove the pot, trim the root, and replant.

This is the end of the introduction of the three diseases of crab claw orchid. Flower friends have other additions. You can share them with you in the comment area below. If you want to know more about flower cultivation, you can pay attention to flower visitors.