We got three Halleria Lucida plants at the plant fair last spring. Two are doing swimmingly, while the third seems to have been infected with a fungi, or eggs laid by little miggies… Have a look and compare the two pictures. Do you know what those little miggies are? The Halleria infected by them is sadly on its way out and I have no idea what to do about it.
Looks pretty weird Sons. Can you wipe off that oily substance or is it growing on the leaf? Have you tried spraying it with anything?
Haven’t tried spraying it with anything, and that substance doesn’t wipe off. Also the little miggies are quite difficult to squish… They are horrible, I can only assume they are the cause of it.
Maybe I should spray it with some organic pesticide I have, either that or say goodbye Halleria.
i once got this margaret roberts natural stuff – primary ingredient garlic – that worked wonders for white fly. the only draw back was that you had to spray the plant at dawn and the strong aroma of garlic was quite nauseating at that point of my day.
I’ve heard that you can also make a spray by soaking lavender in water. The insects dislike the intense aroma.
Or you could go all Buddhist and just accept that the insects will eat one of your plants so the other two can thrive 🙂
it wasn’t me. probably an invader. kill it. KILLL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every year I have a similar problem with my Halleria lucida (Gauteng) It looks like the plant is dying and all the leaves are stripped off the plant. I don’t know what it is that is eating it and I don’t spray it at all, but each time it gets new leaves again and comes back to its former glory. Maybe you will be just as lucky
I’ve had a similar problem…
We planted a hedge of halleria’s last year and since summer has started I’ve had oneplant discolour and drop leaves. I looked under the leaves and found these little spider looking things… so I thought it may be spider mite or a fungal rust.
It started to spread so I did spray it with Garden Ripcord, which is quite a harsh poison and it seems to have helped a bit. I’m going to find out from the local nursery what it is and treat it more organically.