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[MrHungx]

Originally Posted by LovePhals

Love the cattleya! Very beautiful finds, I have found some great orchids at trader joe's recently and they are always healthy when I unpot them. I am sorry to hear about your phals with mealy bugs that is awful! They are very hard to get rid of in my experience.

Thank you! I have found mealybugs harder to eradicate than scale and lost most of my collection to a mealybug infestation while I was on vacation. The seller was kind enough to offer a full refund, but I opted for a partial refund to cover the cost of purchasing a systemic, though I am now having second thoughts based on my past experiences. If anyone wants to sell me a pest-free Phal. Equestris, please send me a PM

[LovePhals]

Originally Posted by MrHungx

Thank you! I have found mealybugs harder to eradicate than scale and lost most of my collection to a mealybug infestation while I was on vacation. The seller was kind enough to offer a full refund, but I opted for a partial refund to cover the cost of purchasing a systemic, though I am now having second thoughts based on my past experiences. If anyone wants to sell me a pest-free Phal. Equestris, please send me a PM

Well it sounds like the equestris is one of your favorites, if that is the case you can rid them. It took about 6 or more months on my phal using pesticide and alcohol dabbing them, repotting ... I was determined to rid them. After 2 or 3 months of not seeing them I put it back with my collection and haven't seen any since!

[MrHungx]

Originally Posted by LovePhals

Well it sounds like the equestris is one of your favorites, if that is the case you can rid them. It took about 6 or more months on my phal using pesticide and alcohol dabbing them, repotting ... I was determined to rid them. After 2 or 3 months of not seeing them I put it back with my collection and haven't seen any since!

I just love the branching nature of the bloom spike, though I've never had one before. I just rebuilt my collection and don't think that saving one plant is worth the risk to my whole collection. I have the equestris in the bathroom, but it only gets a limited amount of light.

I've only had 1 or 2 mealy bugs on a paph that I traded with another member on OB, but it turned into an infestation after I got back from vacation. I sprayed the whole plant and medium with the Bayer systemic till it was dripping, but the mealybugs still returned.