How many years can crab claw live? At present, there is no authoritative data on the life span of the crab claw orchid, which can only be defined from the actual maintenance years of the flower friends. This paper collected several flower friends who have more than ten years of experience in crab claw orchid breeding about the life span of the crab claw orchid and the key points of raising the crab claw orchid for reference.
Survey on the life span data of the crab claw orchid survey on the life span data of the crab claw orchid 1. An old man in a certain place in Guangxi Province maintained a pot of ten-year-old crab claw orchid, which can still grow and bloom normally. As shown in the figure below:
15 year old crab claw orchid 2. The following 15 year old crab claw orchid belongs to a flower friend from somewhere in Henan Province. It is still alive and has no signs of aging
15 years of crab claw
According to the survey data, there are crab claw orchid maintenance for more than 20 years can still bloom normally! Therefore, based on the above data, there is no problem in the maintenance of crab claw orchid for decades. Now let's take a look at the essentials of raising crab claw orchids
1. Spring maintenance: when the flowers wither in spring, it is necessary to cut off the 3-4 stem nodes under the residual flowers in time, and at the same time, it is necessary to remove some old stems and over dense stem nodes, so as to facilitate ventilation and adapt to the family balcony environment. After flowering in March, there is a short period of dormancy, so we should stop fertilizer and control water until new buds emerge from the stem node. The frequency of watering should be increased with the increase of temperature, so that the basin soil is not dry and keep wet. When the air is dry, spray water on the leaves. Every 10-15 days, thin nitrogen fertilizer solution was applied to help the growth of abnormal stem. Because of the fast growth, the pots should be changed every two years, from March to April. In order to facilitate water seepage, the bottom of the basin should be filled with a layer of small stones about 3cm, and then covered with soil and base fertilizer. The base fertilizer should be rotten poultry manure, broken bones and hair containing more phosphorus. Cover thin soil on the base fertilizer to plant seedlings, and use slightly acidic culture soil instead of alkaline soil.
2. Summer maintenance: crab claw orchid can grow slowly at 15 ℃; it grows faster at about 25 ℃ when the air is humid; when the temperature exceeds 30 ℃, even in the shade environment, the growth rate gradually decreases and enters into semi dormancy. At this time, crab claw orchid should be placed in the cool place under the balcony shade, or hang in the indoor ventilation place, in order to prevent the hot sun and rain. Spray water on the leaf surface and spray water on the surrounding environment frequently to increase the humidity and reduce the temperature. If slightly exposed to the sun, or in hot places, plants will be burned, causing stem wilt, fall off and die. Although in summer, watering should not be too much, let alone fertilization. If the soil is too wet or fertilized, the rotten roots will die.
3. Maintenance in autumn and winter: the temperature in the early autumn of management is still high, and the spraying of leaf surface water and environmental water should continue. From September, the crab claw gradually regained its growth. In the middle and late September, with the decrease of temperature, the sun could be seen sooner or later. In the middle and late ten days of October, full day illumination should be taken to promote flower bud differentiation. In the first and middle of November, the temperature becomes colder, and the crab claw orchid will enter the room to live through the winter, and the people's room should also be placed in a sunny place. But in the flowering period, we should avoid direct sunlight to prolong the flowering period. Watering in autumn should be appropriate, and the basin soil should be kept moist, not dry or waterlogged. Too dry, too wet, the temperature drops suddenly, or the temperature difference between day and night is too big, can cause flower, bud. Because of the low temperature in winter, the evaporation of the crab claw orchid is also reduced. More attention should be paid to the watering, and the rotten roots often die due to excessive watering in winter. Autumn and winter is the flowering period of the pregnant buds of the crab claw orchid. Every 7-10 days, the topdressing solution containing more phosphorus should be applied once, and the fertilizer should be stopped during the flowering period. The temperature is changeable in winter, so we should do a good job of heat preservation and ventilation. When the room temperature drops to 5, it should be frozen; it is common to cultivate crab claw orchid in some families in the south of the Yangtze River. When the room temperature can not be maintained at about 15 ℃, although there are full pots of buds, it is difficult to bloom.
What are the essentials of raising crab claw orchid