Crab claw orchid maintenance to provide the right size of clay pots and 4:3:3 prepared by the mixture of leafy soil, garden soil and sand, for its moderate watering to keep the soil moist, and in the growing period of about 20 days of fertilization once, to maintain a suitable temperature of 18 ~ 23 ℃ and adequate light, and can be sown and cuttings propagation to make its growth luxuriant.

1, the right potting soil

How to raise crabapple orchids

How to raise crabapple orchids can be raised well, you need to choose the right potting soil to make it grow healthily. Generally, you will choose clay pots or ceramic pots with a diameter of 2/3 of the overall size of the plant, and you should also choose a mixture of decomposed leaf soil, garden soil and sand prepared according to 4:3:3, so as to make it fertile and loose for the better growth of the crab orchid.

2, water and fertilizer management

Care of crabapple orchids should also pay attention to its appropriate amount of watering, spring and autumn to meet the water needs of crabapple orchids in the peak period of large amounts of water, the summer should be sprayed with water on the leaves every day. Usually also thin fertilization, in its growth period of about 20 days to apply a potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, and in winter and summer to stop fertilizer.

3, temperature and light

Crabapple orchids in the maintenance of temperature control between 18 to 23 ℃, so that it can better growth and flowering, summer temperature should not exceed 30 ℃, winter should not be less than 5 ℃. But also in the fall and winter to let it receive sufficient light, but the hot summer need to be shade treatment.

4, reproduction methods

(1) seed propagation

How to raise crabapple orchids

Generally choose in the summer of each year in July to August for crabapple orchid seed propagation. The selected seeds are evenly sown in the soil, the soil should be selected according to the 1:2 ratio of perlite and peat mixture, and will be sterilized at high temperatures, and then watered and maintained for a week after the germination.

(2) cuttings propagation

In the spring and fall seasons is very suitable for the propagation of crabapple cuttings, choose fat and healthy leaves, gently break them off by hand and put them in a ventilated and cool place, and wait for 2 to 3 days after the wounds are dry and directly cuttings into the soil, soaked in water to keep the soil moist, and the roots can be rooted in about 7 to 10 days.