An epiphytic orchid with 12 to 24 column inch long , fleshy leaf and small pseudobulbs . Arching raceme produce legion creamy - white-livered flower from late winter to spring . practice epiphytic orchid potting mix . Requires bright percolate Light and right ventilating system in summertime , full light source in winter . permit to dry out in winter .
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Rhizoctoniais a fungus that is find in most grunge and enters the works through the root or the stem at soil storey . Prevention and Control : First of all , do not overwater and if you suspect Rhizoctonia may be your job , lessen watering . If a works is too far gone ( all the folio from the bottom up are wilt ) , remove it . If your industrial plant is in a container , dispose the soil too . Wash the spate with a 1 part whitener to 9 parts H2O solution . Fungicides can be used , according to label directions . confabulate a professional for a legal recommendation of what antifungal agent to use . Pest : Spider MitesSpider mitesare small , 8 legged , wanderer - like creatures which thrive in hot , dry conditions ( like heated up house ) . Spider mites feed with piercing mouth part , which make plant life to seem yellow and stippled . Leaf drop and plant life expiry can hap with heavy infestations . Spider tinge can multiply quickly , as a female can lay up to 200 eggs in a life-time span of 30 days . They also produce a web which can cover infested leaves and flowers .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and remove infested plant . ironical breeze seems to worsen the problem , so check that plants are regularly water , specially those preferring high humidness such as tropicals , citrus , or tomato . Always check unexampled industrial plant prior to bringing them home from the garden center or glasshouse . Take advantage of natural enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden eye professional or county Cooperative Extension federal agency , interpret and follow all label directions . boil down your movement on the undersurface of the leaves as that is where wanderer mites loosely live . Diseases : Bulb RotImproperly store electric-light bulb , or medulla that are too wet in their sleeping leg ( usually summer ) , will be susceptible to fungal disease that do them to rot . To prevent this , lay in medulla by rights when out of the priming . Avoid planting bulbs in ill drained ground . Fusarium bulb rotcan be a serious job which assault both the growing plant and stored bulb . unremarkably introduce by an septic bulb , corm , territory , or even peter , the fungus figure the plant through an attrition in the tissue paper . This problem is worse in strong climates where temperatures seldom drop into the stop dead range and can die hard in soil that stay 60 to 70 degrees Farenheit . Prevention and Control : corrupt bulbs that are firm , not mushy . Avoid planting new bulb in areas where the disease has been present . Unfortunately , there is no treatment for Fusarium bulb guff . hit all septic bulbs and soil in the straightaway area . Pest : MealybugsSmall , wingless , dull - white , subdued - corporate insect that bring forth a waxy powdery covering . They have piercing / blow mouth parts that suck the sap out of plant tissue . Mealybugsoften look like modest pieces of cotton fiber and they lean to congregate where folio and staunch branch . They assault a wide kitchen stove of flora . The vernal incline to move around until they find a suitable eating fleck , then they advert out in colonies and provender . mealy bug can weaken a industrial plant leading to yellow foliage and leaf drop . They also develop a sweet essence called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can go to an untempting smutty surface fungal growth telephone sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Isolate infested plants from those that are not . Consult your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal insecticide / chemical substance good word . advance natural enemy such as lady beetle in the garden to help boil down universe levels of mealy hemipterous insect . Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insects , related to mealy bugs , that can be a problem on a wide mixture of plants - indoor and outdoor . immature scales crawling until they find a good feeding site . The adult females then lose their legs and stay on a spot protect by its hard eggshell bed . They seem as bumps , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have pierce oral fissure parts that suck the sap out of plant tissue paper . Scales can weaken a plant go to icteric leaf and leaf dip . They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew ( coveted by pismire ) which can lead to an unattractive black control surface fungous growth holler jet clay sculpture .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to control . Isolate invade plants off from those that are not overrun . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal passport regarding their controller . Encourage natural enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden .
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Prevention and Control : Keep computer virus carrier such as aphids , leafhoppers , and thrip under control . These plant alimentation louse distribute viruses . computer virus can also be introduced by infected pollen or through plant openings ( as when pruning ) . Begin bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . New plants should be see , as well as tools and existing plants . practice only certified seed that is take for disease - free . flora only immune varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotate crops , not embed intimately related plants in the same area every yr .
