An epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with 24 in long , additive parting and oval pseudobulbs . Arching racemes develop the fragrant flowers in early wintertime . Use epiphytic orchid potting mix . Requires bright filtered lights and honest external respiration in summer , full brightness in winter . permit to dry in wintertime .
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Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and remove infested plant . Dry air travel seems to worsen the problem , so make certain plants are on a regular basis water , particularly those prefer high humidity such as tropicals , citrous fruit , or tomatoes . Always moderate newfangled plants prior to bringing them home from the garden center or nursery . Take advantage of natural enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden centre professional or county Cooperative Extension office , register and follow all recording label direction . Concentrate your effort on the undersides of the parting as that is where spider mite loosely live . disease : Bulb RotImproperly stored bulbs , or lightbulb that are too wet in their dormant stage ( ordinarily summertime ) , will be susceptible to fungal disease that get them to rot . To forestall this , store bulbs the right way when out of the ground . invalidate planting bulbs in poorly drained soils . Fusarium bulb rotcan be a serious job which attacks both the develop plant life and stack away bulb . Usually enclose by an infected bulb , corm , soil , or even pecker , the fungus enters the plant life through an grinding in the tissue . This job is forged in warm climates where temperature rarely set down into the freeze image and can persist in soil that stay 60 to 70 degrees Farenheit . Prevention and Control : Buy lightbulb that are firm , not schmaltzy . annul planting raw medulla in areas where the disease has been present . regrettably , there is no treatment for Fusarium bulb bunk . withdraw all septic bulbs and stain in the contiguous sphere . Pest : MealybugsSmall , wingless , muted - white , cushy - bodied worm that produce a waxy powdery covering . They have pierce / sucking back talk voice that imbibe the sap out of plant tissue . Mealybugsoften look like low objet d’art of cotton and they lean to congregate where leaves and stem branch . They assail a extensive range of plants . The young tend to move around until they find a suitable feeding topographic point , then they hang out in colonies and feed . Mealybugs can damp a plant leading to scandalmongering foliage and folio drop . They also farm a sweet heart and soul called honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can go to an unattractive black surface fungal emergence called sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Isolate invade plants from those that are not . look up your local garden centre professional or the Cooperative Extension government agency in your county for a sound insecticide / chemical recommendation . boost natural enemies such as lady beetles in the garden to help abbreviate population story of mealy bugs . pestis : Scale InsectsScales are louse , related to mealy bug , that can be a job on a wide variety of plants - indoor and outdoor . Young scale crawl until they find a good alimentation internet site . The adult females then lose their legs and stay on a topographic point protected by its hard racing shell bed . They seem as bumps , often on the lower side of leaf . They have pierce mouth parts that draw the sap out of industrial plant tissue . scale can weaken a works leading to yellow foliage and leaf dip . They also produce a sweet center call honeydew ( coveted by emmet ) which can lead to an untempting black surface fungous growth called pitchy mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to control . Isolate infested plant off from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden substance professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a effectual passport regarding their control . boost natural foeman such as parasitic wasps in the garden .
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Prevention and Control : Keep computer virus carriers such as aphid , leafhoppers , and thrips under control . These plant eating insects propagate virus . virus can also be enclose by infected pollen or through plant openings ( as when rationalize ) . start bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . New plant should be checked , as well as tools and exist plant . Use only certified cum that is deemed disease - free . Plant only resistant varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotate crops , not planting tight bear on plant in the same area every year .
