Lowe's bag babies scale, Anthracnose and snow mold

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Polarizeme

Curious, what are bag babies?

Orchids in a net bag with a label.

[Orchid Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Polarizeme

Curious, what are bag babies?

Inexpensive orchids, often sold in big-box home improvement stores, called "bag babies" because they are usually medium to large seedlings (3-4 years from blooming or 1-2 years from blooming), and are often sold in plastic bags.

Better-Gro is a common "brand" where I live, but there may be others.

They are often a good deal, when they are healthy.

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

I've had good luck with those "bag babies" but I try to get them soon after they arrive in the store. They are usually put in with the houseplants, and many of those can have and transmit pests, diseases, etc.

I have had some good luck too. These were new arrivals. They came with pests. I can't blame lowes for this

[kindrag23]

@polarizeme sometimes lowes has orchids by better gro bagged i e bag babies. That you may not normally find in store

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

Inexpensive orchids, often sold in big-box home improvement stores, called "bag babies" because they are usually medium to large seedlings (3-4 years from blooming or 1-2 years from blooming), and are often sold in plastic bags.

Better-Gro is a common "brand" where I live, but there may be others.

They are often a good deal, when they are healthy.

Sometimes they also have blooming size. I have been lucky in the past and found some with a spike

[silken]

Bummer. I guess given the good price and selection, if the odd one has bugs or mould it's better than not having these bag babies. No such thing here in Canada and I always drool when I hear all the good deal and great hybrids you get with the bag babies.

SJF, if its a hybrid you really want, I would keep it and treat the scale with some Malathion and then a systemic or else return it if you can live without it. At least it's still summer (sort of) so you could likely spray it with Malathion outside and maybe keep it outdoors for a while.

[kindrag23]

Same here in texas no bag babies to be found...

[SJF]

Originally Posted by silken

Bummer. I guess given the good price and selection, if the odd one has bugs or mould it's better than not having these bag babies. No such thing here in Canada and I always drool when I hear all the good deal and great hybrids you get with the bag babies.

SJF, if its a hybrid you really want, I would keep it and treat the scale with some Malathion and then a systemic or else return it if you can live without it. At least it's still summer (sort of) so you could likely spray it with Malathion outside and maybe keep it outdoors for a while.

Hi Silken,
Great idea. I heavily sprayed it with Bayer rose spray for insects with imidaccloprid on my front porch yesterday and left it there. I have sucrashield and an insect growth regulator. I am going to spray it with both and keep it out here for a week or two longer. I am going to then repot it, treat it again and keep it quarantined for awhile. I haven't seen that one before and love nodosa hybrids.

[Island Girl]

Originally Posted by SJF

Yes, someone I know also bought some recently in Lowes in another state and also had hard scale on their purchase

^ yep, that would be me The only thing I found was hard scale, and I thought I'd gotten rid of it (soap & toothbrush), but I just found some on another plant, so I need to go nuclear now!! (on everything!)

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Island Girl

^ yep, that would be me The only thing I found was hard scale, and I thought I'd gotten rid of it (soap & toothbrush), but I just found some on another plant, so I need to go nuclear now!! (on everything!)

Hi Mary Linn
I didn't want to name names

Darn scale