Paph. urbanianum

[musa]

Finally i took some pics of my urbanianum. I love the striped staminodium. Strange look to me the tridenticulate apex of the petals.
Unfortunately I got sloppy in pest monitoring, so it has an infestation of spidermites (tenuipalpidae).
Michael

 

[P.K.Hansen]

Wonderful flower. I can't find a mature one around here.

 

[Paphluvr]

What's not to like about this species. It's got a colorful flower, attractive foliage, and is easy to grow and bloom. Well done. Hope you can get a handle on the spidermites.

 

[musa]

Thanks!
Mine is from Germany.
I think I'll got controll over the spidermites, there are no individuals alive, the remaining eggs I keep an eye on, I can't remove them without damaging the plant. Of course it is in quarantaine.
Michael

 

[Ozpaph]

how do you know its spidermites? How did you remove them?

 

[Don I]

Nice one.
Don

 

[musa]

Ozpaph, I control regularly with a magnifying glass, in this case I could remove the oldest leaf and used a mikroscope. Therefor I'm sure it is the family Tenuipalpidae. It looks like Tenuipalpus or Brevipalpus but that is already guesswork.
I was not able to remove them mecanically without damaging the plant itself, so I used Acequinocyl. All individuals were dead but there are still eggs. In two/three days I'll spray with fenpyroximat to avoid resistances. The other plants on the same board are treated as well.
If you have any advice, I'm glad to hear about. I'm really terrified of spidermites.
Michael