Cambria Orchid - Is this a spike or a new growth?

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by nutgirl

Those darn earwigs!!!

Just found another one in a curl of leaf on a Dendrobium Luckily doesn't seem to have done any damage to the Den this time.

[nutgirl]

I had a big problem with them this spring. They damaged my Dendrobium phalaenopsis buds and were getting in everything else.

I dusted all the cracks and crevices with Sevin dust and it worked great.

The ones out in the open the toads get - they do a real good job.

It's always something

Maureen

[RosieC]

Yeah, always something, even inside

[Rosiefuture]

I tell you what drives me crazy? The tiny black flies that live in the bark mix. I don't want to spray harsh chemical near my orchids so I hang fly papers around. I've caught thousands of the little buggers but they still keep coming! Any one been able to irradicate them? Any tips would be greatly received!

Marion

[RosieC]

No, I've got them too and I've not managed to get rid of them