Several of my Dendorbiums have a lot black dots all over the leaves. Not
dots like a fungal infection but dots like I had sprinkled carbon powder.
Smaller the n the head of a pin, inder a low power magnifying glass, they
are round and shiny. I tried squishing several between fingernails and I
did not get any slime or any podwery puff (like it was fungal). It was almst
like a empty egg case



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Bruce
Cedar Hill Tx
South Dallas County

For pictures see post of the same name on alt.binaries.pictures.orchids

Further info:
Flash photography shows they are reflective. I have tried gently wiping
them off using my finger and they do not come off very easy. About half will
wipe off , the rest do not

All of the Dens these are on have leaves that look as if they have been
etched (see pictures.)

Any suggestions you can give would be appreciated. I can not find any hints
in my orchid books.


--
Bruce
Cedar Hill Tx
South Dallas County
"BruceM" wrote in message
...
Several of my Dendorbiums have a lot black dots all over the leaves. Not
dots like a fungal infection but dots like I had sprinkled carbon powder.
Smaller the n the head of a pin, inder a low power magnifying glass, they
are round and shiny. I tried squishing several between fingernails and I
did not get any slime or any podwery puff (like it was fungal). It was
almst like a empty egg case



--
Bruce
Cedar Hill Tx
South Dallas County

Could that possibly be scale?


"BruceM" wrote in message
...
For pictures see post of the same name on alt.binaries.pictures.orchids

Further info:
Flash photography shows they are reflective. I have tried gently wiping
them off using my finger and they do not come off very easy. About half
will wipe off , the rest do not

All of the Dens these are on have leaves that look as if they have been
etched (see pictures.)

Any suggestions you can give would be appreciated. I can not find any
hints in my orchid books.


--
Bruce
Cedar Hill Tx
South Dallas County
"BruceM" wrote in message
...
Several of my Dendorbiums have a lot black dots all over the leaves.
Not dots like a fungal infection but dots like I had sprinkled carbon
powder. Smaller the n the head of a pin, inder a low power magnifying
glass, they are round and shiny. I tried squishing several between
fingernails and I did not get any slime or any podwery puff (like it was
fungal). It was almst like a empty egg case



--
Bruce
Cedar Hill Tx
South Dallas County