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
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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
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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