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Forum: Beginner Discussion

11-30-2008, 10:27 AM

Replies: 2

Still having problems with garden centipedes

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Posted By alligator1

Still having problems with garden centipedes

I live in Michigan and most of my orchids became infested with garden centipedes when I purchased some orchids kept in a greenhouse/outside from a fellow orchidist. Unknown to me when I repotted...

Forum: Hybrids

09-25-2008, 01:26 PM

Replies: 6

Problem with Phal

Views: 1,183

Posted By alligator1

Thanks for your help. I was worried so I took it...

Thanks for your help. I was worried so I took it back to the florist that the gift came from and picked a healthy looking paph. I (nicely)told the florist that something was wrong with the phal...

Forum: Hybrids

09-25-2008, 06:17 AM

Replies: 6

Problem with Phal

Views: 1,183

Posted By alligator1

Problem with Phal

A friend just gave me an a Phal from a florist. The flowers look fine but the leaves are all "bumpy" and drooping. It is just a regular phal (no name tage :). Does anyone know what could cause...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

07-11-2008, 07:25 AM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

Mine was a nightmare. I had gotten 5 plants from...

Mine was a nightmare. I had gotten 5 plants from another member and even though I repotted them they had garden centipede eggs and worms. I would take THIS ORCHID OUTSIDE AND PURCHASE SOME...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

01-20-2008, 08:12 AM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

I am in St. Clair Shores MI. I do belong to the...

I am in St. Clair Shores MI. I do belong to the Michigan Orchid Society. The people I e mailed in our society gave me only remedies that could be used in a Greenhouse or in Summer (use out of...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

01-17-2008, 09:42 AM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

I was not sure I would wait until Summer to kill...

I was not sure I would wait until Summer to kill these pests so I did buy some Dyna Grow Neem Oil and sprayed the leaves of the plants and then drenched them individually (I mixed the Neem Oil as per...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

01-02-2008, 05:09 PM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

Thanks for all of the info. I also found out...

Thanks for all of the info. I also found out that they are probably millipedes not centipedes and that these bugs eat the bark not the plant. Also that I have to wait to it is warm enough in...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

01-02-2008, 02:05 PM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

Thanks to all for your input. When you say a...

Thanks to all for your input. When you say a "drench" You would mean---say putting Malathion mixed with water in a pail and then immersing the medium (bark) into this water? How long would you...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

12-31-2007, 12:20 PM

Replies: 18

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Views: 14,982

Posted By alligator1

Worms and tiny centipede(?) like bugs in orchid bark mix

Hi. I am kind of new to orchids. I live in Michigan and purchased several plants from a member that was getting rid of most of her orchids. They were outside at the time (summer) so upon bringing...

Forum: Pests & Diseases

10-17-2007, 03:44 PM

Replies: 9

Bringing cymbidiums in for the winter

Views: 2,374

Posted By alligator1

Bringing cymbidiums in for the winter

Hi. For the first time I put my cymbidiums outside for the summer. Now I need to bring them in. I sprayed insecticide soap on the foliage but what can I pour through the bark to make sure no pests...

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