1. Light: because the plant belongs to short sunshine plant, it is necessary to provide scattered light to avoid too strong light. However, in winter and spring, the general light will not be too strong, you can choose a place full of light to put it
2. Temperature: it can grow normally at 5-30 ℃. From the end of autumn to winter, it's better to keep it indoors.
3. Watering: summer is the dormancy period of Christmas Cactus. Do not water at this time, but spray some water. In the rest of the season, water once a week to ten days.
4. Fertilization: generally, compound fertilizer is used for top dressing at ordinary times, once or twice a month. Before flowering, one or two times of phosphate fertilizer can be used to promote flowering. However, when the temperature is too high or too low, it is not suitable for fertilization.
5. Soil: the specific requirements are loose, nutritious, well drained, slightly acidic, etc., and a proper amount of basic fertilizer should be added into it.
Crab claw orchid is usually placed indoors for viewing, so we should pay attention to pruning at ordinary times. It is usually pruned in spring. Cut the stem short. If too dense branches are observed, some of them should be cut off. If you have too old branches, you'd better cut them.
Generally, cuttage is used for propagation. It can be carried out in spring, summer and autumn. Cut the older stems and let them dry for one or two days before cutting. The substrate can be sandy soil. Water it and put it in a cool place. Then water every three to five days. Take root in about a month.
