Which orchids in YOUR collection get a winter rest?

[Florida_guy_26]

For the australia person looking for orchids, try australian orchid nursery on the web. And kathy- to get rid of mealy bugs or anything else that creeps or crawls, try this- i have modified but about 1 tablespoon cinnamon extract (liquid) about 1 tablespoon dish washing liquid and about 1/3 the size of your spray container filled with alcohol. Lets say for argument sake, you have a 3 cup container. Put 1 cup alcohol in after you mix 2 cups of water and the cinnamon and soap together. So you should have roughly 3 cups and 2 tablespoons of volume mixed together. Do not foam it up too much but keep it all mixed up and spray the leaves, the roots and the medium or simply dunk the whole plant and pot roots and all in the solution and watch the little rug munchers die in agony. I have had some earwigs come back to life after they looked pretty dead so make sure you can incinerate the bugs or flush them so they do not come back. It works very well for me and kills almost anything that I dont want growing in the pot or along with the plant. Hope that helps kathy.

[Kath]

1 tablespoon cinnamon extract (liquid) about 1 tablespoon dish washing liquid and about 1/3 the size of your spray container filled with alcohol. Lets say for argument sake, you have a 3 cup container. Put 1 cup alcohol in after you mix 2 cups of water and the cinnamon and soap together. So you should have roughly 3 cups and 2 tablespoons of volume mixed together.

That sounds brilliant! I'll probably dunk the plants in the solution. Will it work if the solution is watered down so I can drown the mealies. Sounds like cinnamon is the stuff!
Thank you for your help!