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Thank you! 😊

That sounds lovely, as we have snow on the ground here already! Thank you for the recommendations and the reading!

Sounds good. Thank you so much! I read it all. Very informative.

Great info, thank you!! It sounds like Safer's soap is essentially what I bought and used today, or something close! It has the same main active ingredient.

I'm happy to do it basically every time I water, which is like twice a week. I could put alcohol in a little spray bottle to make it easier and apply from all angles until it's just about dripping off leaves- that should do it, right? I can keep that up for a month, at least.

Good to know I can use alcohol, and even dish soap. I did not enjoy the insecticide spray I bought and used today as it was stinky (though I tried to ventilate), and it's in the 30s F outside now during the day so I don't want to take plants outside. Just to clear up any size confusion, here is...

The best I could do immediately was a 3-in-1 insecticidal wash from my local hardware store on all my plants that says it kills thrips among other things, but do you have any recommendations otherwise?

I didn't think they were ants, just comparing their speed to ants because I was talking about how fast they were above. The pictures are very zoomed in- I could barely see them without zooming my phone camera in over 4x and using flash. The picture of the actual bugs is on my smallest phrag...

Update on my end- I also have thrips. 😒😭 The suspect plant got worse and 4 othe phrags got a few spots and even visible bugs, see below.

About as fast as your typical ant, though smaller of course. They didn't strike me as horribly fast, but one can definitely lose track of them quickly due to size. I would love it if they weren't thrips! I panicked and went to the local hardware store and bought an insecticide spray (contains...

I suddenly have 5 phrags with signs of damage. And if they're not thrips, what are they? I'm ready to nuke em, the only problem being that I am first-trimester pregnant and that complicates chemical exposure and I need to be extra careful. I am not above making my husband suit up and apply...

Obsessed with this! That yellow is intense!

I love both versions of its color!

Thanks Bill! There sure is a lot to learn. That lady sounds, uh 😂 interesting!

My issue is low humidity (like 30%, sometimes less) and several young plants. That makes sense to me though!

I feel like the conversation applies to going away longer than a week as well. After leaving them myself for a week I also see it's not that big of a deal, I could probably even stretch it to 2 with just a bit of stress on my plants. Some of us don't have ideal setups or years of experience...

Previously, I took some of my plants to a non plant person that works with my husband. To her credit she tried to follow my directions, but confused some of the plants and a couple of my paphs ended up sitting in water for a good part of the week. My delenatii enjoyed it least.

I went on another trip, about a week long again, recently. I shortened light times and put absolutely everything in an outer container to help hold some moisture. I had to use some cups and mugs but I think it helped. I was most worried about my seedling fairrieanum, but it seemed to fare well...

That's a good idea! I ended up finding someone to watch them and regretted it 😂

Thank you!! I guess I assumed that whoever grew it from flask before me likely had higher humidity/a different environment, and the switch to my environment could be a shock. I do need to research the natural environment of this plant though. I should also probably mist it daily- I haven't...