Why is there a dormant period after the flowering stage of crab claw orchid?

Crab claw orchid is a kind of epiphyte, that is, it grows on other plants, like orchids, so soil-cultured crab claw orchids, because their roots are weak and not resistant to stagnant water, generally consume nutrients sharply after flowering because of a large number of flowering. And their own roots can not support a large number of nutrients consumed by flowering, so out of self-protection, crab claw orchids will enter short dormancy after flowering, and their leaves become soft and drooping. At this time, as long as pay attention to care not rotten roots, through the dormant period.

In addition to the crab claw orchid will have a dormant period after flowering, in the hot summer, the crab claw orchid will also be dormant because of the high temperature, so the summer maintenance of crab claw orchid, generally need shade, ventilation, keep the air moist and cool, so that crab claw orchid can spend the summer, otherwise it is easy to die in the sun. Therefore, the crab claw orchid is very difficult for many flower friends to maintain. It is not only necessary to cultivate the soil to be absolutely loose and breathable, but also to adjust the growth environment of the crab claw orchid according to the season and temperature, and even when it blossoms, it is not recommended to move it back and forth. Otherwise, because of the change in the distance of the environment, the crab claw orchid will fall in large numbers, and sometimes a crab claw orchid bought will be full of buds when it is delivered, but it will be bare when it is received. This is the effect of environment on crab claw orchid.

Therefore, if you want to raise a good crab claw orchid, you can use cactus plants as rootstocks to graft crab claw orchid, such as dragon fruit, cactus, leaf cactus, big green leaf, etc., can be used as rootstock grafting crab claw orchid, because these rootstocks are high temperature in summer, often do not dormancy, such as leaf cactus, high temperature summer is its peak growing season, so grafting crab claw orchid with such rootstocks, because the root system provides a lot of nutrients. Rootstock is not dormant, so it is not easy to dormancy after high temperature in summer and after flowering, so many flower friends are especially keen on grafting crab claw orchid, which is not only easy to maintain, but also beautiful, and even can be grafted with multi-layer and multi-color crab claw orchid, which is very beautiful.