Pests / Diseases / Viruses - American Orchid Society

I see bugs on my orchids

If there are many gossamer fabric-like webs randomly at nooks and crannies of the plant

Spider mites.

If there is honeydew or sticky sap on your orchids

1. If the honeydew or sap is in somewhat geometric patterns on the plant, and there isn’t anything else obviously wrong with the plant - The plant is naturally producing pollinator-attracting or ant-attracting sap. Ants protect the orchids from plan...

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If there are CD-like scratches on the leaves, and may or may not have tiny black dots; in some, leaves or flowers may be deformed or warty

Thrips

If there are chewed holes or pitting

Snails/Slugs, Grasshoppers, Beetles

If there are odd or brown bumps or scales that seem to grow on the plant that are accompanied by sap

Scale Bugs

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