Ed, stay safe, plants can be replaced, you can't as I'm sure you realise. However, I hope your charges remain unscathed. Wow, those have got a bad attack of the aphids havent they? It never ceases to amaze me how those critters can appear overnight, but knowing how fast they reproduce, well, they must keep themselves very busy! Even the babies are born pregnant!

Gill

Wow Gill! I never researched aphids like that.

That is amazing!!

Yep, no need for males in 'Aphid World' Jerry!

The girls do it for themselves! Lol

Gill

Gill, they're also born pregnant, with even the pregnancy pregnant, as well! Their life cycle is 60 days so just imagine the egg laying capacity. These are just nasty and attract scale & ants, as well.

Ed, so sorry to hear you're dealing with this. I've gotten these twice on two other flowering plants. I washed them off (removed all visible sign of them) with dish washing liquid & water in an isolated corner of the yard, then sprinkled Bonide Systemic granules in the pot and watered in. They never showed their nasty little faces again. Seriously, one treatment. It also worked on a sudden mealybug attack to my one mature adenium.

Try washing off and then spraying with Sevin.

Maria Elena

BTW, the seedlings from the seeds you sent me are doing great. The ones from your personal seed pod (2 rows on right) are bigger than most I've grown. The first row and 1st one in the 2nd row are Double Irresistible. Here they are (just watered) in 4 oz yogurt cups at age 2 months ... They are ready for a 3" pot.