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Old 08-10-2007, 04:47 PM
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Hi Everyone,

This thread is really helpful, thanks!

My question is - Have any of you had experience with tiny white-ish bugs? My phal is in a clear plastic pot, and while watering it I noticed very tiny white bugs making their way around inside. The roots are all healthy looking, and the leaves aren't being chomped, so I'm not sure if this is necessarily a bad bug. I also noticed a smallish red spider, but I'm not sure it was a mite because it wasn't as small as these white bugs... I stopped looking when I saw that guys - I'm not a spider fan.

Also, my potting medium is bark, and since I've had the orchid (since Feb.) it's been very difficult to keep it from molding. Is there a trick to keeping the bark mold-free?

I'm prepared to repot if necessary, I just don't want to keep running into either of these problems. What do you all think?
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