How to induce flower buds on crab claw orchid? What fertilizer should be used to induce flowers?

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1. Prune branches and leaves

2. Get more sun

3. Suitable temperature

4. Apply fertilizer

If you want to encourage flower buds for crab claw orchid, you need to prune the branches and leaves regularly. During the peak growth season, if you find any poor growth or elongated leaves, you should cut them off in time to save nutrients and ensure better ventilation and light transmission. You should also let it get more sun at ordinary times. Enough light will also have the effect of promoting flowering. It has poor cold tolerance and requires temperature control. A temperature of around 20 degrees is more conducive to flowering. In addition, fertilizers must be applied, including phosphate and potassium fertilizers to promote flowering.

1. Prune the branches and leaves

If you want the crab claw orchid to bloom more and be more lush, you should prune the branches and leaves regularly. During the peak growth season, all its leggy leaves and poorly grown leaves should be cut off. This will not only save a lot of nutrients, but also allow the plant to be better ventilated and exposed to the sun, which can accumulate more nutrients and help flowering. The flowers will bloom more and better.

2. Get more sun

Its demand for light is actually not very high, but it still needs more sun to meet its flowering needs. Enough light can promote flowering. Therefore, before flowering, the plant should be moved to a place where it can receive scattered sunlight. It is best to have more than five hours of sunlight a day, which can help to bloom early.

Three , Suitable temperature

It is not cold-tolerant and prefers to grow in warm places. If the temperature provided before flowering is too low, it will affect flowering and be detrimental to flowering. Only when the temperature is suitable can it promote flowering. The suitable temperature for growth is around 20 degrees. At this temperature, flowering can be accelerated, the number of flowers will be greater, and the flowers will be more colorful.

4. Apply fertilizer

It naturally requires more fertilizer to bloom than usual for growth. Fertilizer should be applied in time to supplement it, and appropriate fertilizer seeds should be selected. During the peak growing season, decomposed fertilizer and water should be applied regularly, once every 20 days. Forming flower buds means applying an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer before flowering, so as to promote flowering.

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