I took some of my orchids to spend the "fall" in the outdoors and to receive
a good chill to kick start some flowering. During a routine inspection I
noticed that there is spider webs in between various dendrobium leaves and
p/b's, as well as various catts, epis, phals, gangoras, etc. I'm not sure
what spider it is, but I cleaned the webs off with a moist paper towel and
I'm wondering if the spiders can damage the orchids?


Mariana

I doubt that the spider will hurt anything. As a matter of fact, it's
likely to rid the vicinity of other bugs!

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I took some of my orchids to spend the "fall" in the outdoors and to
receive
a good chill to kick start some flowering. During a routine inspection I
noticed that there is spider webs in between various dendrobium leaves and
p/b's, as well as various catts, epis, phals, gangoras, etc. I'm not sure
what spider it is, but I cleaned the webs off with a moist paper towel and
I'm wondering if the spiders can damage the orchids?


Mariana

Mariana,

It might be any old spider, but if you didn't see any it also could be
spider mites, in which case you'd need to treat. Personally, I've never
seen a spider mite, but I've seen their webs. Maybe run some soapy (Ivory,
or even 409) water with some alcohol through the mix and spray the plant
with the same stuff. Won't hurt if it's not mites.

Diana

I would doubt spiders could damage orchids unless the webs covered the
orchic thickly and stopped it from getting light and water. In fact the
spider is probably taking care of various bugs flying through.

Shell


"GrlIntrpted" wrote in message
et...
I took some of my orchids to spend the "fall" in the outdoors and to
receive
a good chill to kick start some flowering. During a routine inspection I
noticed that there is spider webs in between various dendrobium leaves and
p/b's, as well as various catts, epis, phals, gangoras, etc. I'm not sure
what spider it is, but I cleaned the webs off with a moist paper towel and
I'm wondering if the spiders can damage the orchids?


Mariana