Rhipsalis paradoxa

This is a major wishlist plant for me!!

#greatname

A cautionary tale: This is a bad infestation of what is likely fly speck scale on a rhipsalis paradoxa. This type of scale seems to mostly target bromeliads, but apparently it also likes epis and to a lesser extent mesembs. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to cause much damage though it’s quite ugly. I let this progress way longer than I should have simply because I didn’t recognize it as a type of scale at all!

Very interesting! Now I have a new fear! Lol I’ve been dealing with aphids and mealybugs for a while 😖

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I have never heard of this. I wish listed for the information, not the infestation. 😉