James: We seem to be "arguing" from different perspectives. I'm looking at it from the perspective of the orchid. You are looking at it from the perspective of the ant.

As I said earlier, let's agree to disagree.

wuness

I get rid of ants as soon as I see them...there is no benefit in having ants among a collection as they happily bring in aphids, mealybugs and other assorted "cows" which do a great deal of damage to flowers, buds and the entire plant.