Sophronitis cernua (Project 14 - Spring 2012)

[orchidsarefun]

how do we create a "sticky" that lists all the growing tips for sophie ?

[camille1585]

I was actually intending to compile all the growing info at the start of the thread. I had planned to do it tomorrow or maybe this evening.

[Mira-Claude]

For the Canadian who bought their cernua at Hawaiian Botanical, please check them over properly before introducing them with the others. On the two that arrived yesterday, one had a snail, the other spider mites and another small black bug I did not recognized... Wouldn't want you to infect your whole collection!

[Wynn Dee13]

Originally Posted by Mira-Claude

For the Canadian who bought their cernua at Hawaiian Botanical, please check them over properly before introducing them with the others. On the two that arrived yesterday, one had a snail, the other spider mites and another small black bug I did not recognized... Wouldn't want you to infect your whole collection!

Sorry to hear about the bugs. You should complain to the vendor at least about the spider mites! Those nasty things are hard to get rid of!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Mira-Claude

For the Canadian who bought their cernua at Hawaiian Botanical, please check them over properly before introducing them with the others. On the two that arrived yesterday, one had a snail, the other spider mites and another small black bug I did not recognized... Wouldn't want you to infect your whole collection!

I just reread the entire thread in order to pick out all the culture info, and I think you just got unlucky. Others that ordered at HB posted pics of nice healthy plants, or at least had no complaints.

[31drew31]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I just reread the entire thread in order to pick out all the culture info, and I think you just got unlucky. Others that ordered at HB posted pics of nice healthy plants, or at least had no complaints.

I thoroughly looked over all the plants I got from HB (5) and no spider mites or evidence of it on any my plants. Ive also purchased plants from HB in person and all their plants were very healthy looking.

[bballr4567]

Wow, that's not good at all!

[Bud]

WOW! and I thought algae problem with my first cernua was gross...but snail, spidermites and black bugs is unacceptable. Vendors MUST disenfect the plants before they ship them.

[camille1585]

A snail I can accept/understand, they can hide very well. But spider mites???? Not good. They are fairly easy to eradicate, but still. Sorry about that, I was under the impression that this was a good reputable grower....

[Bud]

Its not your fault Camille, caretakers from farms have no idea what the plants have: they just pick up one plant in the tray and pack them...Vendors must teach their staff that good quality control must always be enforced.
The vendor must be emailed and know about this.