What's eating my cymbidium golden elf 'sundust'?

Cymbidium Golden Elf 'Sundust' is a compact miniature hybrid well-suited to windowsill or cool-greenhouse culture. Spider mites are the chief indoor threat. When summered outdoors, aphids target its delicate flower spikes and slugs can damage new growth. Its small size means pest populations build quickly, so weekly checks are important.

Fine bronze stippling and webbing on the narrow strap leaves; foliage loses lustre in dry indoor air. Increase humidity, mist regularly, and spray with diluted insecticidal soap or neem oil on a 5–7 day schedule.

Small colonies on new growth tips and flower spikes; sticky honeydew and curled shoot tips outdoors. Rinse off with water; apply insecticidal soap or diluted neem oil spray, repeating weekly.

Hard brown bumps on pseudobulbs; dulled growth and sticky residue below the plant. Scrape off with an old toothbrush soaked in alcohol; follow with a horticultural oil treatment, repeating after two weeks.