Cultivation
Plant pests encyclopedia
| Photo | Disease/vermin | Description | Control |
 | Greenfly | small green insects, which leave white shells on the plant - cause deformation | sort out, curd soap solution, ladybirds, Lizetan Plus (Bayer), Provado |
 | Sciarid | small black midge and transparent larva with a black head - feed on roots | sand layer, nematode (Steinernema feltiae), yellow sticky traps, Provado (pour) |
 | Springtail | small jumping insects (colour: white-grey) - not harmful | submerge the plant/pot, predatory mites (Hypoaspis aculeifer and miles) |
 | Springtail | small, roundish jumping insects (colour: black-brown-dark grey) - not harmful | submerge the plant/pot |
 | Spider mites | very small reddish brown to yellow mites, produce fine webbing - very harmful | Vertimec, predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis,...), Kiron |
 | Root aphids | white insects, which gather around the roots of the plant - very harmful | repot, Bi58, Provado (pour) |
 | Scale insects | the females look like brown scales and don't move - harmful | physically remove, soap water, Lizetan Plus, Spruzit, Provado |
Thread-footed mites | very small mites, almost not visible for the naked eye - cause deformation ot the plant | Predatory mites (Amblyseius cucumeris,...), cut of affected leaves, Kiron | |
 | Thrips | 1 - 2 mm sized, vertically striped flies, that leave a silver shimmer in the plant; white larva - harmful | physically remove, Spruzit (Neudorff), Provado |
 | Ash whitefly | small white flies, feeds on leaves - harmful | Yellow sticky traps, Lizetan Plus, Provado |
 | Mealybugs | like unarmored scale insects, secrete a powdery/woolly wax layer - harmful | Lizetan Plus, Spruzit, oil soap mixture, physically remove, Provado |
 | Tropical woodlice | small isopods, which sometimes eat leaves, roots and substrate - harmful? | Provado, repot |
 | Snail (Oxychilus sp.) | small blue snail with a grey or brown shell - not harmful | remove physically |
 | Nematode | very small white or transparent hair worm, that lives in substrate and water - not harmful | pour Provado for a short-term success |
 | Cicada | up to 1 cm big insects, that feed on plant juices, white larva - very harmful | Spruzit, Provado |
 | Mildew | white fluff on the substrate and dead plant parts - not harmful for healthy plants | Chinosol (one tablet per 1 liter water) + better aeration, flower of sulfur |
 | Grey mold | grey fluff on the plant - harmful | Chinosol, better aeration + remove dead plant parts |
 | Slime mold | Spherules on substrate - not harmful? | remove fruit bodies, repot |
 | Powdery mildew | white fluff on the leaves (sometimes with purple spots), mainly on Cephalotus and Utricularia - very harmful | Chinosol, Fungisan (Neudorff), better growing conditions, Euparen M WG, Celaflor Pilzfrei Ectivo |
 | Root fungus | Plant dies / is suddenly completely dry - deadly | Prevention: less water; almost no resort for an infected plant (repot remains) |
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U. humboldtii
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