ONCIDIUMS: Terete-leaved

Oncidium Alliance Orchid Doctor

by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

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Lost their new grewth through rotting and blackening which may have been caused by daily (excessive) watering or because of Phytophthora or Pythium fungus,neither of which are affected by the spray used, benomyl. A82-487
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