Crab claw orchids need to cut off all the residual flowers after flowering, and also need to cut off the branches and leaves that can't bloom, but they need to keep their branches and leaves about 3cm. After pruning each time, you can also trim the densely growing parts, cut off the useless branches and leaves, carefully maintain them in the sun, and spray carbendazim solution on them, otherwise the trimmed wounds will easily rot. Pruning method of crab claw orchid after flowering

1. Micro-pruning of residual flowers

The flowering period of crab claw orchid is very long, usually it blooms in October every year, and the flowers will wither in February next year. At this time, it needs to be slightly pruned, and all the residual flowers of crab claw orchid need to be cut off, and the branches and leaves that can't bloom also need to be cut off, but the branches and leaves need to be kept about 3cm, otherwise it will affect the normal and even normal plants.

2. Re-prune the dense branches

After each flower, give it a slight pruning. If its branches and leaves are dense, it is also necessary to prune the dense branches again to disperse the branches and leaves, so that the plant can better carry out photosynthesis in the sun and promote it to bloom more flowers next time.

3. Shaping and budding

Crab claw orchids need to be pruned properly after flowering, so how to prune them best? Generally, if withered and yellow branches and leaves are found after proper pruning every time, they need to be cut off, and new buds will sprout after flowering, and they need to be erased in time to reduce the consumption of soil nutrients.

4. Disinfection treatment

Under normal circumstances, after pruning at each flowering stage, it must be placed in the sun for maintenance, and the plants need to be sprayed with carbendazim solution, and moved indoors for maintenance in rainy days, and watering and fertilization should not be spilled on the plants, otherwise it will easily rot the trimmed wounds and reduce the ornamental value of the plants.