Truly tiny black insects, small enough to get inside a bud before it opens,
and VERY quick. They mostly like to munch on flower buds and spikes, but
will also snack on roots [usually leaving a scarred ring around the
circumference of the root].
If you decide they might be the problem,
Among the other most common causes of what we generally term "blast" [a very
generic term for your problem]:
Too hot - Too cold -- Too big of a temperature swing too fast (15+ degrees
over the course of just a few hours) -- Humidity too low, or jumping up and
down -- Too little water [at a time or not often enough] -- Just plain
stubborn G.
Good growing,
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Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com
"femalestrom" wrote in message
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Please don't gasp with horror.. but what are thrips? I
did have a plant infect my collection with those darn
centipede bugs about a year back, but I think I have
finally quashed that. Other than whiteflies, I have been
pretty lucky. I repot everything that comes in.
Crystal
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"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
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Any chance you have thrips?
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Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com
"femalestrom" wrote in message
news:Cxu1b.171429$cF.59122@rwcrnsc53...
I have this plant:
Ronnyra Thai Bonbon
It is making me insane.
So..... 4 times this year it has put up an inflorescence, and I
have only had it since April or so. The first two I though it
was temperature fluctuations. The last two I thought the sun
was scalding them. So I moved the plant about a foot back
so the inflorescence would be shaded, but not the plant. They
both turned yellow and shrived. So I thought.. okay.. better
luck next year. Now it looks like it is spiking again, and
after 4 tries, I sort of want to see this one work. I can't figure
out what the problem is. It is basically in basket culture, high
light. If it weren't spiking at all, I would think the plant was
just not as happy as it could be, but every month or so it
wants to torture me.
Any ideas?
Crystal
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