Crab claw orchid is a kind of short sunshine flower. Under the condition of long sunshine, flower bud differentiation will be affected. So if you want to make Christmas Cactus flower earlier, for example, to make it bloom on national day, you need to deal with the light
The main reason for accelerating the flowering of crabmail is to reduce the time of illumination. The specific method is to shade the Christmas Cactus in July or August. You can cover the Christmas Cactus plants with black cloth in the daytime and after 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. You should also pay attention not to place it in the place with artificial light source at night to reduce the sunshine time. In late September, small flower buds will grow on the top of the stem nodes of the plant. Keep shading until the end of September. In October, crabmail will bloom.
In addition, the temperature also needs to be controlled. Because Christmas Cactus is more sensitive to temperature, it grows well in 16 ℃ - 28 ℃, so when controlling the flowering period, the temperature should not be lower than 5 ℃ or too high, or the flower bud will not be well differentiated.
The natural flowering period of crabmail can also be delayed, generally to March
If the flower bud has been 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 small at this time, the temperature can be increased appropriately to accelerate the opening of the flower bud. In this way, we can control the flowering time of the line
