Flowers don't cause mealies. And once you get mealies on a Hindu Rope, I'm sorry to say, you might as well toss the whole thing. However, if you want to try to save it, I would get some Bayer's Tree and Shrub, mix up a bucket of it (I use it at a rate of 2 tablespoons per gallon of water) - a bucket big enough to soak your WHOLE plant in, soil and all, for about 1/2 an hour. This should kill them all. Drain it good, and be sure to keep the bucket and it's contents away from pets and children. It's literally poison... and when you dump it, don't throw it down the drain, but dump it someplace where it won't hurt anything. For example, under a deck where nothing grows. Not that it will hurt the vegetation (that's what it's for...) but we don't want to unintentionally harm any of the good insects, like bees, or get any of it on stuff you might harvest to eat.

BATS works on mealies, and if you're diligent about using it as a water-in every 6 months or so, you'll keep them at bay. If your Hindu Rope was near any other plants, I'd inspect them all carefully and water any of them with the BATS that you find them on. Good luck!

Denise in Omaha