I am just so cross with myself! I picked up my phal to treat it as
per the advice and caught the flowering stem on another plant,
knocking one of the side stems off. It had at least four buds on it.
First time I`ve got a phal to re-flower and I go and do something like
that :-(

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Kate

"Kate" wrote in message
...
Up until now, I have been removing these fluffy, white things with a
wet paint brush. Obviously removal hasn`t been complete, as they
are
now gathering in the joints on a flower stem. Can I use a paint
brush
dipped in, for example, isopropyl, to kill them, please, without
damaging the plant?

Many thanks
Kate

Yesterday I picked up a cattleya and snapped off the newest growth. Sound
like snapping celery. Wait until 2009!

K Barrett

"Kate" wrote in message
...
I am just so cross with myself! I picked up my phal to treat it as per the
advice and caught the flowering stem on another plant, knocking one of the
side stems off. It had at least four buds on it. First time I`ve got a
phal to re-flower and I go and do something like that :-(

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Kate

"Kate" wrote in message
...
Up until now, I have been removing these fluffy, white things with a
wet paint brush. Obviously removal hasn`t been complete, as they are
now gathering in the joints on a flower stem. Can I use a paint brush
dipped in, for example, isopropyl, to kill them, please, without
damaging the plant?

Many thanks
Kate

I was repotting a cattleya which had thrown a keiki and accidentally knocked
it off even though I knew it was there and was taking all precautions!

S**t happens!

John


"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
Yesterday I picked up a cattleya and snapped off the newest growth. Sound
like snapping celery. Wait until 2009!

K Barrett

"Kate" wrote in message
...
I am just so cross with myself! I picked up my phal to treat it as per
the advice and caught the flowering stem on another plant, knocking one of
the side stems off. It had at least four buds on it. First time I`ve got
a phal to re-flower and I go and do something like that :-(

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Kate

"Kate" wrote in message
...
Up until now, I have been removing these fluffy, white things with a
wet paint brush. Obviously removal hasn`t been complete, as they are
now gathering in the joints on a flower stem. Can I use a paint brush
dipped in, for example, isopropyl, to kill them, please, without
damaging the plant?

Many thanks
Kate

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:20:22 -0000, Kate wrote:
I am just so cross with myself! I picked up my phal to treat it as
per the advice and caught the flowering stem on another plant,
knocking one of the side stems off. It had at least four buds on it.

Just did the same to a onc. cheriophorum. :-(

Bob

The dreaded *snap*! You haven't lived until you've done it a couple of times
at least.

Diana

"Robert Lorenzini" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:20:22 -0000, Kate wrote:
I am just so cross with myself! I picked up my phal to treat it as
per the advice and caught the flowering stem on another plant,
knocking one of the side stems off. It had at least four buds on it.

Just did the same to a onc. cheriophorum. :-(

Bob