Over the course of the last week, I have had three buds mysteriously disappear from my paphs. I present to you the facts, as I know them, and ask for ideas on who/what could be the culprit.
The facts:
1. Paph. Memoria Larry Heuer with two "spikes", one spike intact. The second spike, with double bud, came up missing the buds one morning. Spike looked like it had been snipped.
2. 2 days later, after Larry Heuer incident, a Paph. malipoense shows up missing it's bud. Spike looks like it has been snipped.
3. Yesterday, a Paph. venustum shows up missing it's bud. Spike looks like it has been snipped. This plant, however, is directly in front of a venustum with 2 spikes, both intact.
4. No traces of the missing buds can be found on the bench or the floor.
5. Within the past week, we have not disturbed the table since the parvi's are resting and the others were not scheduled for water.
My current suspect is an errant grasshopper that I have not been able to locate.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I post pictures to help solve the case?
The facts:
1. Paph. Memoria Larry Heuer with two "spikes", one spike intact. The second spike, with double bud, came up missing the buds one morning. Spike looked like it had been snipped.
2. 2 days later, after Larry Heuer incident, a Paph. malipoense shows up missing it's bud. Spike looks like it has been snipped.
3. Yesterday, a Paph. venustum shows up missing it's bud. Spike looks like it has been snipped. This plant, however, is directly in front of a venustum with 2 spikes, both intact.
4. No traces of the missing buds can be found on the bench or the floor.
5. Within the past week, we have not disturbed the table since the parvi's are resting and the others were not scheduled for water.
My current suspect is an errant grasshopper that I have not been able to locate.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I post pictures to help solve the case?