Bit by the orchid bug

[Myrle Diefendorf]

I was bitten by the orchid bug about five years ago, and since then the bite has swelled and swelled, so I have al ost 200 bites now. I think I had better use Off or Roundup.

[Lilac]

Originally Posted by Myrle Diefendorf

I was bitten by the orchid bug about five years ago, and since then the bite has swelled and swelled, so I have al ost 200 bites now. I think I had better use Off or Roundup.

Wow! Do you have them all in one area, or different places in the home?

[Myrle Diefendorf]

I have about 100 on the upper back porch deck and another bunch under neath on the lower deck and some ratty ones setting on a folding aluminum table in part sun beside the house. I think a lot of them will be heading to Blue Ridge Orchid Society for their October Chinese Auction and Wine and Cheese party. My house is shaded with overhanging porches so it is too dark to grow orchids inside, but I jam everything into a small greenhouse in winter or set them in front of a sliding glass door on shelves. One has to steel oneself against buying the sale orchids when they have just finished blooming or are half price.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by JamesL

Hello Lilac; Your in trouble now ! Once the orchid bug bits you it's forever, Enjoy them in the Living room while there in bloom, after there finished blooming move them to a more suitable location. If there in spag. moss you may want to repot to a bark mix available also at the place they came from. Living in Porto Rico you shouldn't have any trouble. except getting more, and more you see how this is going to go now.....Lots of love and happy growing JamesL....

It's like a virul infection. You can control the viral load, but it will never leave to the end!

[Lilac]

Myrle Diefendorf, your home must look beautiful!

NYCorchidman: Indeed! I got that virus. I don't even know how!