Looks like two of the three I received recently have new growth that surprised me this morning. Now that's happy news.

The bad news? One of them (the one in these photos) has ants all of a sudden. I tried a misting with water, a drop of dish detergent, and some neem oil, but that's not getting rid of them, so I guess I'm going to have to just totally repot (if I can get all the old medium out of it).

So, do I understand correctly that I should let the roots soak in this mixture? I sure don't want to hurt any orchid, but especially one with beatiful new growth.

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