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It’s been 3 months now since I started my small paph collection and I found my first mealy bug behind a bud on a Tomiko Moon that was three weeks ago. I used 70% alcohol on a swab to take it out (photo was taken a day after removal) and swabbed a few more areas that appeared to have fuzz. Two days later I sprayed the whole plant with 50% alcohol, spray bottle form that i found on Amazon. Top sprayed the media too. After reviewing a more recent thread on this forum (Cochineal on my haynaldianum ...please help) and reading the horror stories of infestation, I’m thinking of repotting the plant in S/H, something I was going to due anyway but after it bloomed.
**Should I go ahead now and risk plant shock and losing the bud? It appears to be a healthy plant with two newer leaf grows but I don’t know what’s underneath. I do also have 70% alcohol, Dr Bonners soap, and Azamax on hand.
**Also I had noticed some white residue on the leaves when I received the plant. Was that an indication it was previously treated?
Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
kathy
**Should I go ahead now and risk plant shock and losing the bud? It appears to be a healthy plant with two newer leaf grows but I don’t know what’s underneath. I do also have 70% alcohol, Dr Bonners soap, and Azamax on hand.
**Also I had noticed some white residue on the leaves when I received the plant. Was that an indication it was previously treated?
Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
kathy
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