My husband's orchid which has been established, through some kind off line
emails pictures, as a sarcochilus hartmanii , is now flowering but I noticed
this morning that the petals appear to be getting eaten - they have chunks
out of them so it's pretty obvious [!] unless the rain could have caused it
as they are not protected by any cover.

On the ones which haven't got chunks missing out of them there are some
tiny tiny grey spots, I can't see anything running around on them so what do
I do?
Spray them with something?
if so what?

Gramma

Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy

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Gramma wrote:
My husband's orchid which has been established, through some kind off
line emails pictures, as a sarcochilus hartmanii , is now flowering
but I noticed this morning that the petals appear to be getting eaten
- they have chunks out of them so it's pretty obvious [!] unless the
rain could have caused it as they are not protected by any cover.

On the ones which haven't got chunks missing out of them there are
some tiny tiny grey spots, I can't see anything running around on
them so what do I do?
Spray them with something?
if so what?

Gramma

Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy

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Gramma wrote:
My husband's orchid which has been established, through some kind off
line emails pictures, as a sarcochilus hartmanii , is now flowering
but I noticed this morning that the petals appear to be getting eaten
- they have chunks out of them so it's pretty obvious [!] unless the
rain could have caused it as they are not protected by any cover.

On the ones which haven't got chunks missing out of them there are
some tiny tiny grey spots, I can't see anything running around on
them so what do I do?
Spray them with something?
if so what?

Gramma

Gramma, I think I must have missed your original post on this.

In passing to other readers, I do find thread followups sometimes
where I'll swear I have never seen the original posting on Optusnet's
news server. So, if I appear to have ignored someone, please post
again or email rather than swearing at me.

To the topic: I grow my plants outdoors (Brissie is better than
Melbourne that way :-) ) So I have no option but to use a regular
spray regime, with sprays our o/s friends would probably frown on.

For insects, I suggest malathion and carbaryl alternated (to minimise
resistance in the pests) applied fortnightly. Up here the dendrobium
beetle is a serious problem, & its appetite is far broader than just
dendrobes. The beetle eats the foliage then lays in the growing tips
of new shoots, into which the larvae burrow & chew. Kills the new
growth.

I also try to spray monthly with fungicide - up here black spot seems
a particular problem.

Keep an eye out for phytoxicity - ie the sprays may damage the plants
- usually cause the leaf tips to brown as a first sign.

Not sure how our pests will compare with yours down there. Probably
yet more questions to ask at your next show!

All the best!

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:37:03 -0800, "wendy7"
wrote:

Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.

Dave Gillingham
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Gramma, I think I must have missed your original post on this.

In passing to other readers, I do find thread followups sometimes
where I'll swear I have never seen the original posting on Optusnet's
news server. So, if I appear to have ignored someone, please post
again or email rather than swearing at me.

To the topic: I grow my plants outdoors (Brissie is better than
Melbourne that way :-) ) So I have no option but to use a regular
spray regime, with sprays our o/s friends would probably frown on.

For insects, I suggest malathion and carbaryl alternated (to minimise
resistance in the pests) applied fortnightly. Up here the dendrobium
beetle is a serious problem, & its appetite is far broader than just
dendrobes. The beetle eats the foliage then lays in the growing tips
of new shoots, into which the larvae burrow & chew. Kills the new
growth.

I also try to spray monthly with fungicide - up here black spot seems
a particular problem.

Keep an eye out for phytoxicity - ie the sprays may damage the plants
- usually cause the leaf tips to brown as a first sign.

Not sure how our pests will compare with yours down there. Probably
yet more questions to ask at your next show!

All the best!

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:37:03 -0800, "wendy7"
wrote:

Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.

Dave Gillingham
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"wendy7" wrote in message
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Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy


Thanks Wendy - I didn't want to spray until I knew something that was safe
to use.
Isn't alcohol just great for sooooooo many things [g]

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt crumbs
on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a cloth, although
they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went round and wiped all the
other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at the moment it is looking good

Gramma

"wendy7" wrote in message
news:PWzid.93200$kz3.24306@fed1read02...
Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy


Thanks Wendy - I didn't want to spray until I knew something that was safe
to use.
Isn't alcohol just great for sooooooo many things [g]

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt crumbs
on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a cloth, although
they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went round and wiped all the
other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at the moment it is looking good

Gramma

Hi Gramma, Hope all goes well with your hubby & that he can gets
treatment soon.
I see Dave has posted a reply & it's good to get advice from
someone in your neck of the woods.
We use Physan for fungal type problems not sure what product
you have there. Also you might check all the other plants as well
since you're growing outside.
Would love to see some of your paintings which you could post
at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
or a URL would be fine here.
--
Cheers Wendy

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Gramma wrote:
"wendy7" wrote in message
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Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy


Thanks Wendy - I didn't want to spray until I knew something that was
safe to use.
Isn't alcohol just great for sooooooo many things [g]

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt
crumbs on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a
cloth, although they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went
round and wiped all the other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at
the moment it is looking good

Gramma

Hi Gramma, Hope all goes well with your hubby & that he can gets
treatment soon.
I see Dave has posted a reply & it's good to get advice from
someone in your neck of the woods.
We use Physan for fungal type problems not sure what product
you have there. Also you might check all the other plants as well
since you're growing outside.
Would love to see some of your paintings which you could post
at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
or a URL would be fine here.
--
Cheers Wendy

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Gramma wrote:
"wendy7" wrote in message
news:PWzid.93200$kz3.24306@fed1read02...
Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy


Thanks Wendy - I didn't want to spray until I knew something that was
safe to use.
Isn't alcohol just great for sooooooo many things [g]

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt
crumbs on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a
cloth, although they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went
round and wiped all the other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at
the moment it is looking good

Gramma

i would also love to see some of your paintings on abpo.
best of luck with getting the bypass surgery soon.

i'm a beginner with orchids as well, so i was letting the more experienced
answer your posts.

best of luck with everything!

--mo--

"wendy7" wrote in message
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Would love to see some of your paintings which you could post
at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
or a URL would be fine here.
--
Thanks Wendy,

If I had any paintings of orchids I could do that, but I haven't finished
any of those yet and at the present rate it will be 6 months before I do.
I've started a couple of flower heads just to get the hang of them but
they are still unfinished.

This incidentally was how my husband became interested in orchids.
I have promised my s-i-law to paint her a 'citrus' coloured orchid for her
new house as a thank you for room and board when we were in the UK. So,
when we saw a local orchid show advertised I decided it would possibly be a
good place to buy a living plant to paint from.
We came away two hours later with my husbands' eyes on stalks plus 3
cymbidiums and 3 dendrobiums, and still no citrus coloured one.

I eventually found my citrus one and have sketched it, but not started
painting yet. As I do Botanical art they are pretty detailed and take some
time but may just post them eventually for in put on how botanically wrong
they might be.

I don't expect you thought you'd learn all that on a Sunday morning [g]

Gramma.

"wendy7" wrote in message
news:c0Mid.93724$kz3.53716@fed1read02...
Would love to see some of your paintings which you could post
at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
or a URL would be fine here.
--
Thanks Wendy,

If I had any paintings of orchids I could do that, but I haven't finished
any of those yet and at the present rate it will be 6 months before I do.
I've started a couple of flower heads just to get the hang of them but
they are still unfinished.

This incidentally was how my husband became interested in orchids.
I have promised my s-i-law to paint her a 'citrus' coloured orchid for her
new house as a thank you for room and board when we were in the UK. So,
when we saw a local orchid show advertised I decided it would possibly be a
good place to buy a living plant to paint from.
We came away two hours later with my husbands' eyes on stalks plus 3
cymbidiums and 3 dendrobiums, and still no citrus coloured one.

I eventually found my citrus one and have sketched it, but not started
painting yet. As I do Botanical art they are pretty detailed and take some
time but may just post them eventually for in put on how botanically wrong
they might be.

I don't expect you thought you'd learn all that on a Sunday morning [g]

Gramma.

"wendy7" wrote in message
news:c0Mid.93724$kz3.53716@fed1read02...
Would love to see some of your paintings which you could post
at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
or a URL would be fine here.
--
Thanks Wendy,

If I had any paintings of orchids I could do that, but I haven't finished
any of those yet and at the present rate it will be 6 months before I do.
I've started a couple of flower heads just to get the hang of them but
they are still unfinished.

This incidentally was how my husband became interested in orchids.
I have promised my s-i-law to paint her a 'citrus' coloured orchid for her
new house as a thank you for room and board when we were in the UK. So,
when we saw a local orchid show advertised I decided it would possibly be a
good place to buy a living plant to paint from.
We came away two hours later with my husbands' eyes on stalks plus 3
cymbidiums and 3 dendrobiums, and still no citrus coloured one.

I eventually found my citrus one and have sketched it, but not started
painting yet. As I do Botanical art they are pretty detailed and take some
time but may just post them eventually for in put on how botanically wrong
they might be.

I don't expect you thought you'd learn all that on a Sunday morning [g]

Gramma.

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"wendy7" wrote in message
news:PWzid.93200$kz3.24306@fed1read02...
Hi Gramma, Just noticed that no body has answered.
Could be aphids, slugs, grasshoppers or some type of worm???
You could spray with soapy water & alcohol.
I would move that plant away from the others just to be
on the safe side.
--
Cheers Wendy


Thanks Wendy - I didn't want to spray until I knew something that was
safe to use.
Isn't alcohol just great for sooooooo many things [g]

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt
crumbs on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a
cloth, although they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went
round and wiped all the other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at the
moment it is looking good

Gramma



Hi
It may just be my slug phobia but what you describe sounds to me like slug
damage and slug poop. I'd check the plant really good a few times after
dark.
dusty

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"Gramma" wrote in

What I have done is cut off the offending flower and brought the plant
inside.
I found some itchy titchy black specks that looked forever like dirt
crumbs on the underside of one leave and I wiped them off with a
cloth, although they weren't moving or anything. Then I just went
round and wiped all the other leaves with a soft damp cloth and at the
moment it is looking good

Hi
It may just be my slug phobia but what you describe sounds to me like slug
damage and slug poop. I'd check the plant really good a few times after
dark.
dusty
Thanks dusty it seems to have cleared up since I brought it inside, so you
maybe right

Gramma