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In 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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