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Forum: Pests & Diseases 11-21-2018, 10:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,607
Posted By Ioana
For the Harck Pearl, I'll definitely give it...

For the Harck Pearl, I'll definitely give it another chance: it was stunning last year, even with some deformed flowers. The other one is not impressive, only 5 flowers on the spike and I'm really...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 11-21-2018, 12:50 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,607
Posted By Ioana
Correct.. And thank you for the suggestion! ...

Correct.. And thank you for the suggestion!
Ioana
Forum: Pests & Diseases 11-21-2018, 06:50 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,607
Posted By Ioana
Makes sense... I wonder if there is a known...

Makes sense... I wonder if there is a known trigger, or if expression is random?
Forum: Pests & Diseases 11-20-2018, 10:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,607
Posted By Ioana
I have them in a medium that drains pretty...

I have them in a medium that drains pretty quickly; water twice a week generally, although sometimes I get busy at work, and it falls to once a week.
Summertime, they get watered 2-3 times a week,...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 11-20-2018, 08:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,607
Posted By Ioana
Phalaenopsis flowers failing to open completely

I grow under lights and on windowsill in winter, outside in summer (in Michigan). Most of my phalaenopsis are quite happy, growing vigorously and spiking/blooming well, but a few plants have flowers...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 03-26-2018, 08:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,437
Posted By Ioana
Thank you for the advice! Ioana

Thank you for the advice!
Ioana
Forum: Potting & Repotting 03-12-2018, 10:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,437
Posted By Ioana
So I took one out of its pot (one without roots...

So I took one out of its pot (one without roots outside of the pot). The sphagnum was packed fairly tightly around the roots, and a few of the center-most roots had rotted (most are ok). see...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 03-12-2018, 09:39 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,242
Posted By Ioana
Thank you, I'll have to improve my watering...

Thank you, I'll have to improve my watering habits.. next year I'll get a humidifier.
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 03-11-2018, 09:51 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,242
Posted By Ioana
Narrower petals/sepals on mini-Catts

Hi all:
I've had a couple of mini-Catts bloom with narrower petals/sepals than in the past. Photos of the same plant, on left in Oct 2017, on right Feb 2018.

I was wondering if this could be due...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 03-11-2018, 06:00 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,437
Posted By Ioana
Thank you, I expanded my search of the forum and...

Thank you, I expanded my search of the forum and found some useful information, although I'm still not sure what to do. Maybe I'll bite the bullet with one of them, take it out of its pots and see...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 03-10-2018, 03:07 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,437
Posted By Ioana
I just brought them back to work (that's where my...

I just brought them back to work (that's where my terrarium is), will post a photo at the beginning of the week, when I go back. Thank you!
Forum: Potting & Repotting 03-10-2018, 07:30 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,437
Posted By Ioana
repotting or mounting C (Sophronitis) coccinea?

I have 2 small C. Coccinea that I bought in clay pots with a tiny bit of sphagnum in the pot. They are growing in a vivarium (~95% humidity) but the roots have stopped growing and the pots look...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 07-07-2017, 06:31 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,140
Posted By Ioana
Thrips are possible (even using a magnifying...

Thrips are possible (even using a magnifying glass I didn't see anything, but I may be missing them). But it's the only one affected now, and this is its second deformed spike.

Paw: my Australian...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 07-03-2017, 09:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,140
Posted By Ioana
deformed Ascps. spike

This is the second spike for this plant (Ascps. Irene Dobkon 'Orange Delight' x Phal Timothy Christopher 'Sakura'): both spikes have been malformed (see attachments). The plant otherwise looks quite...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 12-03-2016, 06:11 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 15,494
Posted By Ioana
Thanks for all the info! I'll try one or more of...

Thanks for all the info! I'll try one or more of the solutions (I found an earlier post by Ray saying he just sprayed the cinnamon leaf oil + isopropyl alcohol on his terrarium plants, so that is how...
Forum: Pests & Diseases 12-03-2016, 12:49 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 15,494
Posted By Ioana
Thank you!

Thank you!
Forum: Pests & Diseases 12-03-2016, 12:08 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 15,494
Posted By Ioana
Thank you so much for all the suggestions!...

Thank you so much for all the suggestions! Greatly appreciated! Imay try to drown them first.. least toxic method. But now I have lots of alternatives to try!
Forum: Pests & Diseases 12-02-2016, 09:50 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 15,494
Posted By Ioana
Getting rid of bush snails?

I have 2 terrariums containing mostly mounted miniature orchids (on bark or tree fern), with leftover moss from a show in the bottom. I seem to have introduced some bush snails with the moss, and...
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