That I can find, one fan has topside bumps and underside indents on a few fingers. Only a few of those bumps have holes. None have brown or yellow, centers or edges that would suggest past damage that has died or is currently having an issue. Under a UV lighted loupe, nothing fluoresced. Nor under led light. If they were barnacles or scale, they would be there. BandS don't just have a snack and go away. I'm all about user error when it comes to holes in leaves. These...
This single finger looks like it has leaf miner damage. Found it yesterday. I couldn't find a black head and the leaf wasn't otherwise in peril so I left it and kept an eye out for more damage. It is the same shape and size as when I found it. The stem feels good. The location of the fan is a few inches away from the bumps. Can't find another one. Possible mutation?
On a few young fans, I have found one finger on each that wilted, one dead. I wasn't looking but I didn't notice anything like the pictures below. No pictures of that because I haven't taken one. Something I did do was give the fan stem a squeeze to see if was soft. Maybe something had burrowed down. Nothing out of the ordinary. None of the other fingers were affected. A small piece in me says it was simple damage. But the leaves were so young I can't believe I would have only hurt the one and not knock it off. Or can I?
This single finger looks like it has leaf miner damage. Found it yesterday. I couldn't find a black head and the leaf wasn't otherwise in peril so I left it and kept an eye out for more damage. It is the same shape and size as when I found it. The stem feels good. The location of the fan is a few inches away from the bumps. Can't find another one. Possible mutation?
On a few young fans, I have found one finger on each that wilted, one dead. I wasn't looking but I didn't notice anything like the pictures below. No pictures of that because I haven't taken one. Something I did do was give the fan stem a squeeze to see if was soft. Maybe something had burrowed down. Nothing out of the ordinary. None of the other fingers were affected. A small piece in me says it was simple damage. But the leaves were so young I can't believe I would have only hurt the one and not knock it off. Or can I?
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