How to prune after the crab claw orchid, the remnant flower micro-cut and re-cut the dense branches.

After the crab claw orchid, you need to cut off all the residual flowers, and you also need to cut off the branches and leaves that cannot produce flowers, but you need to keep its branches and leaves around 3cm. After each pruning, you can also trim the dense part of the growth, cut off the useless branches and leaves, put them in the sun for careful maintenance, and spray them with carbendazim solution, otherwise the pruning wound is easy to rot.

Pruning methods after crab claw orchids 1. Micro-cutting of residual flowers

The flowering period of crab claw orchid is very long, it usually blossoms in October every year, and the flowers wither in February of the next year, so it needs to be trimmed slightly, the residual flowers of crab claw orchid need to be cut off, and the branches and leaves that can't bloom also need to be cut off, but the branches and leaves should be kept around 3cm, otherwise it will affect the normal or even the plant.

2. Re-pruning dense branches

After each crab claw orchid, cut its remnants slightly, if its branches and leaves are more dense, then it also needs to re-prune its dense branches to make its branches and leaves open, so that the plant can carry out better photosynthesis in the sun, so that it can bloom more flowers next time.

3. Plastic surgery and sprouting

Crab claw orchid needs to be pruned properly, so how to trim it best after crab claw orchid? generally, after each proper pruning, if there are withered and yellowed branches and leaves, then they also need to be cut off, and new buds will sprout after flowering, which should also be wiped off in time to reduce the consumption of soil nutrients.

4. Disinfection treatment

Under normal circumstances, after each flowering pruning, must be placed in the sun for maintenance, and need to spray carbendazim solution to the plant, moved to indoor maintenance in cloudy and rainy days, watering and fertilization should not be sprinkled on the plant, otherwise it is easy to make the pruning wound rot and reduce the ornamental value of the plant.