Wendy, I do not grow Lycastes. But I remember a case of hard brown scale on
a Miltassia that I bought at a society sale several years ago. It developed
seemingly overnight, though it must have been there when I bought it. It was
the ugliest thing I ever saw on an orchid. I put the whole plant in a bucket
of water, alcohol and soap for several hours. When I took it out, the scale
slid off easily. The plant thrives today.

Diana

"Wendy7" wrote in message
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My Lycaste purchased last month from SBOE is still in bloom but the first
two flowers are just about done. The two huge leaves turned
yellow & fell off. Upon inspection found some huge hard brown scale!

Does anyone know if there would be scale eggs in the potting mix? I have
never seen this type of scale
before so not about to put this plant in the greenhouse.

What would you do?
Cheers Wendy