Originally Posted by
Ed..
As for Phalanopsis, it also depends where you are, up here in Queensland I found that every bug and critter liked the Phalanopsis as a treat and it was a constant battle to rid of the them from meally bugs, slugs, mites, cockroaches and even down to rats etc. The rats actually destroyed several hundred of my newly deflasked Phal's in one night, they ripped out the seedlings and just chewed off all the roots and left the rest of the plant alone, they crapped all over the trays and the crap developed a mouldy fungus which contaminated and killed the ones they didn't eat. I sprayed all the plants with Supracide and and the morning found a couple of dead rats. So up here, they are a lot of work!