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  2. Why Are Your Orchid Flowers Falling Off Too Soon? 3 ... - AOL

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    Insects and plant diseases can weaken your orchid and cause it to drop buds and blooms prematurely. Mealybugs are the primary pest that feeds on orchids, Kondrat says.

  3. Scale insect - Wikipedia

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    The mould can reduce photosynthesis by the leaves and detracts from the appearance of ornamental plants. The scale's activities can result in stress for the plant, causing reduced growth and giving it a greater susceptibility to plant diseases. [12] Mutualistic Formica fusca ants tending a herd of mealybugs

  4. Aulacaspis yasumatsui - Wikipedia

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    In a heavy infestation, the fronds of cycads become covered with a thick white layer of scale insects. Even when the adult insects die, they remain attached to the host. Heavy infestations can kill the host plant, and insects present on the roots can re-infest the aerial parts of the plant if the scales there are killed.

  5. Coccus hesperidum - Wikipedia

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    The brown soft scale does not normally kill the host plant, but the loss of sap probably causes it to grow more slowly and crop less heavily. The main disadvantage to the host is the sooty mould which grows on the honeydew. This reduces the area of leaf available for photosynthesis, and spoils the appearance of the plant, its flowers and fruits ...

  6. Fiorinia theae - Wikipedia

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    Fiorinia theae is a polyphagous scale insect of woody plants, infesting the underside of the leaves. Apart from tea plants in Asia, ornamental Camellia and Ilex species are the main hosts. Many other plants are infested less regularly. [5] ScaleNet lists more than 20 genera from 18 plant families as hosts, including various crops and ornamental ...

  7. How to Prune Orchids to Keep Them Healthy and Flowering ... - AOL

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    Find out how to prune orchids of all types, and when to do your pruning to encourage fresh growth and more blooming.

  8. I Kept My Stubborn Orchid Alive For Two Years Using This ...

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    However, the first houseplant I was ever able to keep alive for a respectably long time also happened to be one of the most notoriously stubborn: an orchid. It was unexpected and not without a ...

  9. Sooty mold - Wikipedia

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    Sooty mold is commonly seen on the leaves of ornamental plants such as azaleas, gardenias, camellias, crepe myrtles, Mangifera and laurels. Karuka is affected by sooty mold caused by Meliola juttingii. [6] Plants located under pecan or hickory trees are particularly susceptible to sooty mold, because honeydew-secreting insects often inhabit ...