The secret of crab claw orchid explosion: grasp five reasonable blossoms into waterfalls

Crab claw orchid blossoms in winter, so it is deeply loved by flower friends. As long as it is properly maintained, it can be opened from September to May next year. Many flower friends say that crab claw orchids are not easy to raise, in fact, because they do not master maintenance skills, remember these key points of maintenance, your crab claw orchids can also burst pots, flowers into a waterfall!

Leaflet tells you: if you grasp the five "reasonableness", there is no problem with flowering.

1. Reasonable lighting

Crab claw orchid is a short-day plant, like half-yin and half-yang scattered light, avoid the scorching sun. During maintenance, we should pay attention to shading and keep good ventilation. In order to make short-day flowers such as crab claw orchid bloom luxuriantly, a continuous dark environment of more than 12 hours a day must be guaranteed 40 to 70 days before flowering, which is conducive to the formation of flower buds.

If flower friends are raised indoors, turning on the lights for a long time at night will also affect their flowering. It is recommended that crab claw orchids can be covered with cardboard boxes or black plastic bags at night.

2. Reasonable temperature

Before the crab claw orchid blossoms, the night temperature should be kept at 10: 13 ℃, so in order to ensure its flowering, it is better to keep it outside from early autumn to frost. After flower bud formation, the temperature can rise to 16-21 ℃ at night, and the temperature should be controlled at 21 ℃ or slightly higher during the day.

Third, rational watering

The watering of crab claw orchid should be based on keeping the basin soil moderately moist, especially after its budding, we must wait until the topsoil in the basin is dry and not continuously pour water. If the pot soil is too wet, it is easy to cause the buds to fall off. But too little watering makes the basin soil too dry, and it will also cause buds to fall.

In October, you can fill the crab claw orchid tray with water, then put on the pebbles, and then put on the flowerpot, so you don't have to worry that it won't replenish water. Watering resumes in November, which is good for flowering.

IV. Rational fertilization

At ordinary times, the microbial agent flower general fertilizer can be applied once every 10-15 days, and the fertilization will be stopped during the high temperature period in summer. From the Beginning of Autumn to before flowering, there should be constant fertilizer and water. The application of phosphate fertilizer or microbial agent flower general fertilizer before flowering is beneficial to bud pregnancy.

5. Reasonable pruning

Crab claw orchid grows relatively fast, sometimes 4-5 new branches grow on a node, leaving 1-2 branches, and the rest can be cut off. When buds appear, the thin buds on the stem nodes can be removed. After the flower fade, the residual flowers should be cut off, and the 3-4 stem nodes below the flowers should be cut short to cut the aged stems to facilitate ventilation and maintenance in the later stage.

The above are the crab claw orchid maintenance skills, have you mastered it? Pay attention to us, you can learn more common sense and experience of growing flowers!