The shape of the crab claw orchid can be selected according to the appreciation requirements. Its basic plant shapes are as follows-

(1) Cluster: 3 ~ 5 cuttings are planted in a pot at the same time, which should be evenly distributed. With the growth of stem nodes, the sunny position is changed regularly, and a circular tripod is placed on the basin. The height of scaffolding is determined according to the length of stem nodes. Crab claw orchids basically grow upright in scaffolds, such as bushes.

(2) Hanging shape: plant 3-5 cuttings into the pot at the same time, put them on the flower stand or hang them, and periodically change the sunny position with the growth of the stem nodes, so that the stem nodes naturally hang around the pot, such as hanging.

(3) Cliff shape: At first, the stem nodes of the crab claw orchid tend to grow to one side (i.e. the crown side). We can make use of this feature, whether it is a cutting seedling or a grafted seedling (the rootstock is short), the sunny position remains unchanged, so that the stem node only hangs obliquely to one side, such as a cliff waterfall.

(4) the shape of the umbrella cover. Graft begonia on cactus or ruler, and put a round tripod on the basin with the growth of stem nodes of begonia, so that the stem nodes spread along the periphery of the bracket, such as the umbrella cover can bear rain.

(5) pagoda-shaped; Several layers of crab claw orchids are grafted with several cactus segments or long feet as rootstocks. The top layer is grafted in the center, and the bottom layer is grafted on the shoulder of cactus or the edge of the appropriate part of ruler. With the growth of the stem nodes of the crab claw orchid, a round multi-layer tripod bracket is placed on the pot to support the stem nodes on the bracket layer by layer. The original umbrella cover can also be divided into several spikes with the growth of stem nodes, and several layers overlap like pagodas.

(6) Gemstone mountain shape: grafted multi-layer crab claw orchid, its round multi-layer tripod is made into a cone with a big bottom and a small top, and the stems of each layer of crab claw orchid are connected, such as xiufeng standing upright.