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.
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.
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Reason: oops!....meant ants not orchids