Mealy bugs and scale. End of me I Quit

[phragman]

I have loved and enjoyed orchids for more than ten years but got a start of mealy bugs from a greenhouse (first time ever) and boy did I learn what those things are like. I have a fairly extensive collection and some nice plants but along with hand watering I pick off bugs daily or have blooms destroyed by sticky bugs and white mess...I can't take more . I've tried everything and tired of alcohol and daily time consuming tasks of picking and spraying. It is going to be a hard one but ...I QUIT! I need my life back to something other than insects.