How to manage the crab melon orchid after it is gone, and can the crab melon orchid be cut off after

How to maintain the crab claw orchid after it is gone? Just "move a knife" to grow fat and strong.

The crab claw orchid can be cut off after it blooms, and after the residual flowers are cut off, it can save nutrients for the crab claw orchid and is conducive to the growth of new branches. During pruning, it is necessary to cut off the remnant, withered and weak flowers on the crab claw orchid, and also cut off the dense flower branches of the crab claw orchid. The long branches and diseased branches on the crab claw orchid also need to be pruned, and after pruning, the crab claw orchid can grow normally.

Crab claw orchid is a common ornamental flower in the family, with a long flowering period and multiple flowering. After the crab claw orchid blooms, it can be pruned appropriately, which can save nutrients for the crab claw orchid and is conducive to the re-flowering of the crab claw orchid. After flowering, if the residual flowers are not cleaned up in time, the residual flowers will consume the nutrients of the crab claw orchid, which will affect the growth of the crab claw orchid.

After the flowers of the crab claw orchid wither, it needs to be thinned. During pruning, it is necessary to cut off the residual flowers, dead flowers and unopened flower buds on the crab claw orchid, which can save nutrients for the crab claw orchid. If the branches of the crab claw orchid are too dense, it is necessary to properly thin the crab claw orchid and cut off the dense flower branches to enhance the air permeability of the branches.

If the crab claw orchid grows well and the top branches are longer, you need to prune the crab claw orchid with long branches. Cutting off the long branches of the crab claw orchid can remove the advantage of the top of the crab claw orchid, and can make the upper and lower branches more even. If there are diseased insect branches on the crab claw orchid, it needs to be cut off and burned intensively, and then sprayed with the crab claw orchid.

After pruning the crab claw orchid, pay attention to the wound area should not touch the water, otherwise it will be infected with bacteria. After pruning, you can apply an appropriate amount of healing agent to the wound of the crab claw orchid, which can promote wound healing. Put the crab claw orchid in a cool and ventilated indoor place for maintenance, and water it appropriately during the maintenance period, so that the wound of the crab claw orchid can be healed in the later stage.

In fact, the flowering management of crab claw orchid is not so complicated, as long as you pay attention to the following small details.

Water crab claw orchid is particularly sensitive to water during the flowering period, and is prone to overwatering, easy to drop buds, and even rot the rootstock; Without water, the flower pieces wilt and the flower buds cannot grow normally. The correct watering method is to keep the potting soil slightly moist and pinch it by hand.

At noon, you can spray it with water similar to that of the greenhouse. If the potting soil is too dry, do not water it thoroughly at one time, and water it gradually.

Fertilizer crab claw orchid likes fertilizer, and during its growth period, it should be fertilized according to the principle of thin fertilizer and diligent application. But in general, fertilization is applied before flowering and fertilization is stopped after the flower buds have basically formed.

During the flowering period, the temperature of crab claw orchid is controlled between 14 and 20, and the flower buds cannot develop normally when the temperature is low, and when it is lower than 5, the plant is prone to frostbite and death. If the temperature is too high, it is easy to shorten the flowering period.

Crab claw orchid is a short-day plant, but the flowering period requires enhanced light. Place the plants on a sunny balcony and turn the pot every 7 days to make the plants bloom evenly. When the indoor light is insufficient or cloudy, you can use fluorescent lamps to supplement the light, and turn on the lights every evening for 3 to 4 hours before the flowers can bloom normally.

The taboo of raising flowers in winter is to put the plants in the greenhouse for maintenance and ignore ventilation. Poor ventilation, hot and humid air, easy to cause pests and diseases. In sunny weather, windows should be properly opened for ventilation.

The main insect pests in the crab claw orchid period are aphids and scale insects, in addition to paying attention to ventilation, if the insect pests occur, they should be manually caught in time, or sprayed with dimethoate solution!

Pay attention to the above three points during the crab claw orchid flowering period, not only the flowers bloom beautifully, but also prolong the flowering period!

Some home-grown crab claw orchids grow very well, but they do not bloom, or bloom very little, to solve this problem, we must first understand the reason for not flowering, and then prescribe the right medicine. There are many reasons for not flowering, such as too much nitrogen fertilizer, plant growth, and less phosphorus fertilizer affecting the pregnant buds; The light is too strong, too dark, or the potting soil is too dry and too wet, which violates its habit of liking shade and dampness. In addition to these common reasons, there are the following reasons:

1. Because crab claw orchid is a short-day plant, it is difficult to form flower buds if it shines more than 12 hours a day, so there are no flowers. In addition to daytime sunlight, indoor lighting at night can also affect the pregnancy buds and flowering of crab claw orchids.

2. If the buds are pregnant, but they can't bloom at that time, this is the relationship that the room temperature is too low. At this time, the pot can be moved to the greenhouse to maintain a temperature of more than 15 degrees Celsius, and the flowers can be bloomed on time. After flowering, move back to the original house to watch.

3. During the pregnancy bud period, the temperature difference between day and night is too large, which will damage or drop the buds of the pregnant flowers, and also affect the flowering. For this reason, when the temperature changes abruptly from mid-October to mid-November, you should move indoors in time to take shelter, usually bask in the sun outdoors during the day to promote more pregnant buds, and stay indoors at night to prevent the buds from falling due to the large temperature difference between day and night.

In order to make the crab claw orchid pregnant buds bloom well, in addition to paying more attention to light, temperature, water, fertilizer, etc., it is also necessary to do a good job of pruning, thinning buds, binding and other work. In the cultivation of crab claw orchid, sometimes 4-5 new branches grow from the top of 1 proglottid, and 1-2 should be thinned out in time. Weak flower buds that hang too much from the stem nodes should also be cut so that the flowers bloom vigorously and the flowers are of the same size.

Crab claw orchid is a short-day plant, which can be controlled in semi-shade under short-day conditions, and can bloom in 2-3 months. If you want it to bloom early, you can use opaque black plastic film or black cloth cover to shade the plant at the end of July, only see 8 hours of sunlight every day, and cover it with a film cover or black cloth the rest of the time, generally water it once a day to keep the potting soil slightly moist, so that it can bloom in late September.

When cultivating crab claw orchids, it is necessary to provide it with loose and breathable soil rich in nutrients, it is also necessary to control the ambient temperature between 15 degrees and 30 degrees, it is also necessary to place the crab claw orchid in a bright place to receive natural light around the clock, and regularly prune the branches and leaves of the crab claw orchid to make it more ornamental.

1. Soil conditions

Crab claw orchid is an epiphytic plant of the cactus family, it is suitable for growing loose and breathable soil, when breeding crab claw orchid, it is necessary to provide humus rich in humus and good drainage and air permeability of humus soil, you can also use humus soil, vermiculite and garden soil mixed with nutrient soil to promote the vigorous growth of crab claw orchid.

2. Suitable temperature

Crab claw orchid is suitable for tease to grow in a warm environment, when maintaining crab claw orchid, if the ambient temperature is low and slower than 10 degrees, it will cause the plant to be frostbitten, which makes the crab claw orchid grow poorly, it is necessary to move the crab claw orchid to a warm room for maintenance in the cold winter, and control the ambient temperature between 15 degrees and 30 degrees.

3. Lighting conditions

Crab claw orchid needs sufficient light during the growth process, when breeding crab claw orchid, it needs to be placed in a bright place, so that it can receive all-weather natural light, so that crab claw orchid can carry out full photosynthesis and promote its healthy growth, and you can also use plant fill light to supplement the light for crab claw orchid.

4. Prune regularly

If you find that the branches and leaves of the crab claw orchid grow too long and tall enough, you need to use the sharp scissors of the sterilized to cut the long branches of the plant short to control the growth height of the plant, and you also need to cut off the residual flowers of the crab claw orchid to avoid the loss of excess nutrients and make the crab claw orchid grow healthily.

During the flowering period, whether the crab is pollinated and whether there is a need to keep the seeds. Under normal circumstances, after the end of the flowering period, if there is no pollination during this period, the crab will naturally wilt and fall off after flowering. In addition, if it is allowed to bear fruit after flowering, the fruit will continue to consume nutrients in the future, which will have an impact on the long-term growth of the crab, and it is necessary to refer to its actual situation.

In short, if you don't keep the seeds, you should pick the residual flowers in time after flowering; If you keep the seeds, then let them be

I usually remove the flowers after they wilt, and it takes a few days for them to fall off naturally.

I also weakly ask whether the pollination should be with the pollen of another plant or the pollen of other plants on the same plant if the seed is left: $

After the crab claw orchid blooms, the residual flowers are pinched off from the flower ridge, and the nutrients flow back, and the crab claw orchid blooms continuously!

1. Control watering.

After the crab claw orchid grows buds, it is necessary to control the amount of water and reduce the number of times, and do not let the potting soil be too wet. If the soil is not completely dry, you must not water, otherwise the buds are easy to fall, and proper water control can promote the flowers to bloom longer and more.

2. Appropriate amount of fertilizer.

The crab claw orchid has a long flowering period, from October in autumn to April in the spring of the following year, during which it will bloom continuously and consume more nutrients. If you don't fertilize in time, the buds are easy to fall off or dry up. Usually, a high phosphorus fertilizer should be applied once every ten days, which can be sprayed with water on the leaf surface.

3. Appropriate lighting.

It is a short-day plant that is given more than six hours of light every day and will bloom normally for a long time. It is also necessary to increase the amount of light before flowering so that the flower buds can form. If you don't have enough light during the day, use lights to fill in the light at night.

Fourth, control the temperature.

It should pay attention to temperature control after it has flower buds, maintain the temperature at about 10 degrees at night before flowering, and raise it to between 20 degrees and 22 degrees after the flower buds are formed, and above 22 degrees during the day, so that it can bloom in advance, which is also beneficial to the formation of flower buds.