A terrestrial orchid with 18 in long , linear leaf and spheric pseudobulbs . The upright raceme produce the 2 inch across blossom in winter . Use terrestrial orchid potting mix . Requires bright dribble lights and good ventilation in summer , full light in wintertime . Allow to dry out in winter .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and remove infested plants . juiceless air seems to worsen the job , so check that plant are on a regular basis watered , specially those favour high humidity such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always check into raw plants prior to fetch them home from the garden center or nursery . Take advantage of natural enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden centre professional or county Cooperative Extension part , scan and take after all recording label direction . Concentrate your efforts on the undersides of the farewell as that is where spider mites broadly speaking live . Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insects , concern to mealy bugs , that can be a trouble on a wide variety of plants - indoor and outdoor . Young scale creep until they find a good eating site . The adult females then suffer their leg and stay on a slur protected by its gruelling shell layer . They appear as bump , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have pierce lip parts that suck the sap out of works tissue . scale can weaken a plant leading to yellow leafage and foliage drop . They also acquire a sweet substance called honeydew ( covet by ant ) which can lead to an untempting black surface fungal increase called pitchy mold .
Prevention and Control : Once establish they are laborious to control . Isolate overrun plants away from those that are not overrun . confab your local garden centre professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control . promote natural opposition such as parasitical white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep computer virus carriers such as aphids , leafhoppers , and thrips under control . These plant eating insects spread out virus . Viruses can also be introduced by infected pollen or through industrial plant openings ( as when pruning ) . start bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . unexampled plants should be checked , as well as tools and existing plant . Use only certified seed that is deemed disease - free . Plant only tolerant varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crops , not planting closely link up plants in the same region every year .
