How to advance the flowering period of crab claw orchid

Crab claw orchid is a flower with short sunshine. Under the condition of long sunshine, the differentiation of flower buds will be affected. Therefore, if you want to advance the flowering period of crab claw orchid, for example, if you want to make it bloom on national day, you need to deal with the light

The main purpose of flower induction of crab claw orchid is to reduce the time of light. The specific method is to shade the crab claw orchid in July or August. The plants of the crab claw orchid can be covered with black cloth after 4 p.m. during the day. At night, pay attention not to place it in a place with artificial light source to reduce the sunshine time. In late September, small flower buds will grow at the top of the stem node of the crab claw plant. Keep shading until the end of September. In October, the crab claw can bloom

In addition, the temperature also needs to be controlled. Because the crab claw orchid is sensitive to temperature and grows well at 16 ℃ - 28 ℃, when controlling the flowering period, the temperature should not be lower than 5 ℃ or too high, otherwise the flower buds will not differentiate well

How does crab claw orchid delay flowering

The natural flowering period of crab claw orchid can also be delayed, generally until March

If the flower bud has formed and is about to open, the temperature can be controlled at about 5 ℃. Under the condition of low temperature, the flower can delay opening. If the flower bud is relatively small at this time, the temperature can be appropriately increased to accelerate the opening of the flower bud. In this way, the flowering period of the line can be controlled