Orchid Pests and Diseases

Fungal Diseases: Fusarium Wilt | Series 5

SYMPTOMS Major causes for Fusarium are high salt content in the irrigation water and potting medium kept too moist for too long. Roots begin to rot and the base of...

Fungal Disease: Botrytis | Series 4

Botrytis causes small brown rotting spots on orchid blooms when the air is cool and damp, as well as locations with poor air circulation and limited sunlight. Petal blight typically is not fatal...

Fungal Diseases: Anthracnose | Series 3

Anthracnose is more of a word used to describe a disease, and it is not a pathogen. All though it is caused by pathogens.  It is a combination of two Greek...

Fungal Diseases: Leaf Spotting | Series 2

Symptoms Leaf spotting infections are caused by Cercosporoids, Guignardia & Phyllosticta & Septoria. Generally the symptoms appears as yellow, brown or black spots on the leaves or underneath leaves.  ...

Fungal Diseases: Black Rot | Series 1

Black Rot Black rot is caused by one or both, fungi Pythium and Phytophthora spp. They both feed on the root system, which causes stunted growth and death. They are both easily transmitted from plant...

Common Orchid Pests and Diseases Diagnosis, Tre...

We wish, you never have to go through this blog and your plants live healthy forever.  However just in case, you find your precious orchids struggling, you have to give the...