Treatments against Mealybugs

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by monivik

I do have another question: do phalaenopsis orchids have hairy areas on their leaves sometimes? Like very short velvety hairs.

Not that I know of! That sounds a lot like whitefly, but I didn't think they went after Phals. Cymbidiums and Lycastes is where I have found them. (If that is what they are, they're pretty easy to kill)

As for something stronger than what you can get at a store... There's the Internet. in the US there's a website called doyourownpestcontrol.com ... they put disclaimers about places they can't ship to (like California, where I live) but stuff gets shipped anyway. Amazon also may be a source. Nasty rules, that might apply to agricultural operations get applied to small home growers too. Maybe they won't ship, the EU is a lot more strict about enforcing rules than the US... but it is worth asking. (Don't necessarily believe the disclaimers without at least trying...)

[monivik]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Not that I know of!
As for something stronger than what you can get at a store... There's the Internet.

First of all the really bad news is the Hieroglyphica lost the newest leaf, right in the crown. It's all black there. The question is can it recover from this? Or is it the end? Can I just hope it will make a keiki now? The other thing is, it's got two flower spikes with flower buds. Should I leave it the way it is or do something about the flower spikes? I mean I guess poor plant won't have the energy for flowers now. On the other hand could it make a keiki there?

The other thing is my mistake I thought the spray that I got was organic, it said Eco...something and so I guessed. But turns out it's a real poison. At least I think so after reading the ingredients on the label and searching in Google. The top ingredient says Pyrethrin.