What s going on with the crab claw orchid leaves falling

1. The soil in the pot is dry, and the water cannot meet the growth needs of the crab claw orchid, and the root hairs of the crab claw orchid will gradually shrink and dry up. In order to protect its life, it can continue to grow when there is water, and the crab claw orchid will receive the top leaves to reduce water consumption and maintain life, which is the instinctive self-protection of the crab claw orchid.

2. The water is big, watering too much, or raining outdoors, resulting in water accumulation in the pot, which causes the lack of oxygen inside the pot soil, resulting in methane, resulting in stuffy roots, bad roots, rotten roots, root hair rot and loss of vitality, can no longer absorb water, nutrients to the crab claw orchid to continue to grow and use, forming a phenomenon, the soil in the pot looks very wet, because the root system can not work, the crab claw orchid itself is very dry. The same goes into self-protection, constantly shedding the leaves.

3. Long-term drought and sudden watering of a lot will break the roots of the crab claw orchid and soak it all at once. If it is in a hot day, it will quickly breed bacteria, fungi, and germs, resulting in rootstock or crab claw orchid root rot, rotten stems, soft rot, black rot, water, and a large number of leaves. This is also a way of self-protection, the crab claw orchid tells itself that the current soil is no longer suitable for us to grow, and the new leaves look for new soil and take root and sprout again!

4. When there is more water, the leaves of the crab claw orchid absorb a lot of water, and its own weight becomes larger, and when it is moved and shaken, the joints are relatively brittle, resulting in falling off.

Crab claw orchid is maintained outdoors and is often exposed to the sun, and when the leaves are sunburned, the leaves will also fall off!

Excessive watering is a common cause of the loss of leaves in the crab claw orchid, the crab claw orchid needs a more humid growth environment, but there can be no excessive water accumulation, if the root water will cause the root to rot, affecting the growth of the leaves, so that the leaves dry up and fall off.

Soil slab will make the roots unable to absorb nutrients, and is not conducive to the circulation of water, but also one of the reasons for the accumulation of water in the roots, the leaves lack nutrients and can not grow normally, easy to appear diseased branches and weak leaves, and the leaves are easy to fall off.

When fertilizing, applying too much fertilizer or using raw fertilizer and thick fertilizer is easy to burn the roots of crab claw orchid, the roots cannot work normally, and even the roots are all rotten and the plants die. When fertilizing crab claw orchid, do not use raw fertilizer and thick fertilizer, use well-rotted organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer, and apply thin fertilizer frequently.

The moral of the crab claw orchid

1. Good luck: When the plant is not blooming, it is particularly like a cactus, and when it blooms, the flowers are more showy, and it is believed that this is a plant that can bring them good luck.

2. Festive: Plants are generally used on New Year's Day, or as a decorative flower for some shops and homes at Christmas. Therefore, this flower can make people feel the atmosphere from the festival, and it is a more festive flower.

3. Enthusiasm: The crab claw orchid that opens at Christmas has holy white and warm red. But whatever the color, it will be open at Christmas and New Year's Day. It also represents people's enthusiasm for holiday celebrations and expectations for a better life.

4. Transport: The flower language of crab claw orchid also has the meaning of helping people change their fortunes, if we find that our life and work have not been smooth or when we have not studied well, we can buy a pot of crab claw orchid at this time and put it indoors.