Red "dust" / white/brown spots on thick leaf orchids
I've been having a problem for a long time on my thick leaf orchids
(mostly phals, but now a dendrobium and another one). When you wipe the
leaves with a wet paper towel, red "dust" comes away. The leaves can
show this red dust too, but often on the bottom (and sometimes tops of
the leaves) there is white/brown stuff that can't really wipe away.
The leaves look really sickly.
Any ideas what sort of creature or virus I might have, and more
importantly, how I can stop this short of getting rid of all of the
beautiful thick leaf orchids?
Thanks.
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