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Old 08-15-2023, 12:23 AM
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I have four phaleanopsis seeding/seedlings in my nursery air conditioned room (my 35+ collection is outdoors on a 3-sided open covered porch with UV screening to limit sun and light exposure, where here in the upper keys I am told it is too hot at 90 for the seedlings), so I am meticulously caring for them in air-conditioned 78-degree indoors facing an East window with shear curtain protection from the morning sun's rays and am taking immense joy in watching the little guys grow, producing new leaves and roots.

But one of them a Phalaenopsis tetraspis C2 selection has my concern with creamy elongated tiny,tiny capsule-shaped marks that I believe you can see through to the underside when held up to the light. Not surface, topical marks. Not raised but almost like the chloroform is leached out, if I am making any sense in trying to describe what I am seeing.

Comments and advice on treatment please. (Sprayed today with organic insecticidal soap.)
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Those are mechanical scratches. Cat? Children?

I would try one outside in full shade. I don't think 90 F / 32C is too hot with high humidity and adequate water.
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thank you again, Estacion, and just before posting earlier, when I looked at the photo closeup/blowup, they looked mechanical to me too, but no pets or children and they're quite isolated in my office, the quietest room in the house and undisturbed so am clueless unless they've always been there from online shipping and are just getting bigger and more noticeable as leaf matures. This leaf was bruised when I first got it and I had asked the board if I should return it or keep, and the consensus was it looked like any concern was mechanical and it would be fine which I suspect is true.

My plan is to move them all outdoors when this heat breaks in September/October (they'll have adjusted here and matured for 3 months after travel from seller) as I think the outdoor humidity and warmth has to be an improvement over A/C conditions- although I did turn my thermostat humidity from 53 to 64%. They get watered every 3 days or so and fed routinely on my 4-plan fertilizing schedule that I'm very happy with as it is quite manageable on an individual plant basis. So appreciate seeing Ray's site that I think you directed me too that confirmed what I was doing.

Thanks again.

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