Wednesday, 6 March 2013

An update on my sick Anthurium plants

My Anthurium plants continue on their journey to recovery from Thrips. The new leaves that shot out recently are looking more regular in shape and appearance.



For the past month or so, I made an effort to check the top and underside of each leaf every day or so for any signs of Thrips, and any adult or larvae I found were removed. I thought I was doing a good job since I haven't seen any adult Thrips for several weeks but much to my dismay, this morning, I found an adult Thrip inside a new leaf that is uncurling! I tried to kill it but it went hiding inside the curled part of the new leaf! :(

I hope I won't find anymore adult Thrips in the other Anthurium plants. In fact, one of them has 4 new shoots and judging by the bright pink colour of the shoots, I am guessing that they are all "flower" shoots! If they are leaves, usually it would be a reddish brown with a tint of green. This is the same plant which had a few sick-looking new shoots that I had to remove. I hope the latest new shoots would survive till they open!



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