I have a problem: one of my orchids fell over and bark chips flew all over
the place, including into the crown of another Phal orchid (that was located
on a shelf below the one that fell over), and now I can't get the bark chip
out of the crown. Will this affect leaf growth? Or should the Phal new
leaves be strong enough to dislodge the bark piece when the time comes? How
important is it that I get this chip out of there? If it is important, how
do I do it? It's too tight a place to get it out with teasers, and I also
tried shaking the plant while upside down and that did not dislodge it
either.

Thanks,
Joanna

>It's too tight a place to get it out with teasers
I meant tweasers -- or how does one spell that? My spell checker corrected
it to teasers.

Joanna

"J Fortuna" <joanna [at] REMOVEfortunabujard.com> wrote in message
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>I have a problem: one of my orchids fell over and bark chips flew all over
>the place, including into the crown of another Phal orchid (that was
>located on a shelf below the one that fell over), and now I can't get the
>bark chip out of the crown. Will this affect leaf growth? Or should the
>Phal new leaves be strong enough to dislodge the bark piece when the time
>comes? How important is it that I get this chip out of there? If it is
>important, how do I do it? It's too tight a place to get it out with
>teasers, and I also tried shaking the plant while upside down and that did
>not dislodge it either.
>
> Thanks,
> Joanna
>
>
>

I have been known to tape a Soda Straw into one of those vacuum plastic
nozzles to retrieve small screws and such.
Joe T
Baytown

Joanna,

How about a little Elmers glue on the end of a toothpick?
Let it dry a little to get extra sticky if needed. You might be able to just
flick it out with the tooth pick without glue.

Bob
"jtill" <jtill10610 [at] aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have been known to tape a Soda Straw into one of those vacuum plastic
> nozzles to retrieve small screws and such.
> Joe T
> Baytown
>

A toothpick would be my weapon of choice, too.

*Tweezers*, LOL!

Diana

I have sometimes found that tipping the plant and blowing into the crown
will dislodge such things.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"Diana Kulaga" <diandfrankcat [at] bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>A toothpick would be my weapon of choice, too.
>
> *Tweezers*, LOL!
>
> Diana
>