Incipient Laelia anceps disaster?

[D_novice]

This L anceps lineata bud/inflorescence was normal and straight a week ago, and began to bend, and the angle is getting more acute by the hour, it seems.

I think there's a larval bug in there, but that's just a guess. Otherwise this is a healthy-looking plant.






Below is a detail of a bud-inflorescence junction on a glorious four spike enormous Mendenhall, and I'm worried the same thing is about to happen.
I have dozens of anceps in bud right now, and I fear for all of them.
Short of dousing them with some systemic insecticide, I'm not sure what can be done (plus, the insect part is a guess).





Thoughts? Prayers?