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Hello, I have been growing habanera medusa in sphagnum from "bulbs" for two years. As the plants start to emerge in late spring they are fine at first with adequate watering, but then the new foliage that develops has noticeable tip damage. Interestingly the tip "burn" spreads to other plants...

Can anyone suggest a reason for the yellowing of portions of the leaves of my phrag Paul Eugene Conroy plants. All plants (about 20) from the flask I bought a year or so ago have had this characteristic from the beginning. In some cases the yellowing gets more pronounced as the plants, which...

Ohio Source of New Zealand Bark Roberts Flower Supply in Ohio is now selling Pinus radiata bark from New Zealand in hobby ($4), ½ cu ft ($9.50) and 50 liter bags ($32). The brand is different from Orchiata, but has the same quality characteristics (hard, clean etc). It appears to be the same...

Here is the problem with black marks appearing on the leaves of phrags. Problem appears to be spreading. By the way, if the decline pattern follows, the new growths you see will soon be turning yellow. You can see a hint of this on the plant on the right. (starts out as a yellow streak).

Partial Yellowing of mature center leaves Mt Fallu "longifolium x Grande Beautiful multigrowth plant obtained fro Sam Tsui. Now in serious decline.

Pictures, Phrag problems Here is a try at posting some pictures. This new growth was healty and green when it first appeared. Then the decline came. The three growth division of an awarded plant (Ashley Wilkes "Eric Young 4N x warscewiczianum FCC" was obtained from HP Norton who...

A problem is spreading rapidly through my phrag collection. (1) New growths start out green and healthy until they are about 4 - 5 inches tall and then they develop a sick yellow or yellow brown coloration and stop growing. (2) Center new leaves of mature plants are developing areas...

Problem Phrags I'll try posting some pictures typical of the problems I am having with my phrag collection. First the new growths start out OK, but soom they acquire a definite yellowish cast and the downhill process starts. Later the problem is exacerbated and the whole plant is in...

I note that there are three heavy duty insecticides for thrips: Avid, Conserve SC, and Orthene. Is any one of these recommended, or do you need a rotation of products? Also my problem (symptoms as shown on the photos) only seems to be appearing on phrags, mostly new growths. Paphs have...

Thrips confirmation I have some besseae hybrid phrags that have similar simptoms that the photos you posted show. The problem is mostly on new growths of second bloom seedlings but some are mature plants as well. How do you know that the problem is with thrips? Others (established dealers)...