Recent content by Geraldine

well, the seller advised me to check it everyday and to clean it everyday as well. Nothing so far and the plant has been put in another place than the others. Insecticide was not recommended by the seller so let’s see 🙃🙃

I am still checking the plant everyday and I have put it far away from the others. I cross fingers then and I hope it will be ok :)

This is what I have done and it seems to be ok for the time being.... thank you

Thanks for the advice ! I will keep in mind the name of the product.

....I check the infested one everyday and it seems to be ok for now....

Many thanks for your advice ! With alcohol and having cut the infested hamp, it seems to be ok for now....

Many thanks for your advice. Will keep in mind the products if the bugs come back 😅

Many thanks for your advice ! I have cut the infested hamp, clean the rest with alcohol and white vinegar and put the plant in quarantine. For the time being, I have not seen others bugs 😅 (on that paph and the others). I did not try the soapy water for 24hrs because I was afraid to kill this...

Good evening Paph’s lovers ! One week ago, I have noticed white stuff before the wonderful flowers of my haynaldianum (one hamp). This one has/had 2 hamps, multifloral. Today, I saw much more of this white stuff and after some research, I came to the conclusion that it was cochineals :oops: I...

Let's see what will happen ;) I am gonna try the artificial light soon and keep you posted if it rebloom. Best regards, Géraldine

Many thanks for this encouraging message Jens :))) I did not know that a simple lamp with a simple energy saving bulb would be ok as artificial light for orchids. This is very interesting and I will check for more info on the web or at my orchidarium (any saving bulb would be ok for that?). I...

Thanks NYEric for your advice. Done last night with window open a little :) (possible in Autumn but it's gonna be hard during the cold winter... )

KateL and Pahluvr : Good Afternoon and Aloha :) Many thanks for your help. So the seller told me that it is an hybrid between a delenatii and rotshidarium. It's name is Deloris. I bought it in an Orchidarium in Switzerland (a pure paradise for Orchids). I suppose the plant is in a media (see...

Many thanks Paphlur ! I will answer to your questions below in order to also reply to KateL