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an attempt to lighten the topic of importing Phals in media from The
plants arrived maybe 10 hours before our commercial friends, but we received a
call from our broker who said that the orchid shipment had to be gassed - flasks
and all --- because of a new mealybug. I had never seen any pests on any
of the shipments from this Taiwanese nursery when we had brought in plants for
our nursery, so I thought this was rather strange. It was even stranger when
the broker said that there were mealybugs all over the flasks. My
wife went up to ag to actually see what was going on. She walks into the ag
station and asks to see the shipment that had been gassed with methyl bromide.
All the Catts in bloom were fried as were the Oncids, Phals, and Dens. The
inspector then picked up a couple of Phal flasks and declared “I can’t
believe it, the bugs are still alive and moving around!!!” Barbara
picked at one of the mealybug clumps, looks at it closely, and pops it into her
mouth. Yup --- sytrofoam chips. Better
watch out for those exotic pests now!!! Terry A. Glancy Pine Ridge Orchids, Inc. 21100 SW 300 Street ph (305) 247-4839 (305) 247-3086 fx (305) 247-8853 Email = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website = www.PineRidgeOrchids.com -- |
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