The news is that things are worse!!!
I now have black/brown spots on all my office orchids. Some tiny tiny spots, other bigger. Some leaves even look "scarred" even though there are no black spots per se, just recessed parts of the leaf. Anyhow, I took pictures and will upload them on my next post from my phone. The thing is that I don't know if they are related because I saw tiny black dots on the leaves that I thought were just like sunburn when I got them. (This is why I don't trust the 'bay.) Sometimes you get what you pay for and sometimes you get worse than what you pay for!!
Anyway, I just went crazy and decided that I had to take immediate action because I am going to be out of town through Wednesday. I also didn't have my car with me, and can't go back in after I leave if it is past 6pm as my badge won't work during the night shift.
I went all McGuyver and assessed what tools I had on hand. Paper, alcohol wipes, Purell, scissors, bathroom soap...and then I remembered we have a first aid kit that has triple antibiotic ointment.
I casually walked over to the first aid kit and raided the triple antibiotic ointments and brought a bunch over to my desk.
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I wiped down my scissors with alcohol and purell between plants (and cuts actually) and cut off some of the parts on the plants that looked worse for wear. I also slabbed on triple antibiotic ointment on the leaves that were affected and on the leaves that I cut.
I probably left the ointment on for about an hour, then wiped them down as to remove most of it.
Hopefully it will help since the plants are at the office and I am going out of town till Wednesday. I'll keep you guys updated too. I should have taken pictures of what I am now referring to as "the blight" afterwards.
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