Orchid Culture: Pest Control

Pest control will be grouped together with disease control. This is to give you a broader understanding of our techniques, in this complex and difficult area. I consider the common notion "healthy plants resist diseases" to be relatively true, but not quite as simple. There are many factors that contribute to the health of orchid plants that allow them to grow healthy and disease-free. So rather than beginning with pest control I will start with plant health and then move on to pest control.

The closer to ideal growing conditions an orchid plant is given, the healthier it is and the more resistant it is to disease. So disease can be related to growing conditions. Thus, correcting the growing conditions can sometimes eliminate the occurrence of the disease.