My orchids sit on trays of rocks and I put water in the trays to increase the humidity. Recently I noticed tiny little bugs swimming in the water and so took the trays outside added Clorox. When I added the Clorox I noticed that some of the bugs crawled up on the rocks, so I also added enough water to cover the rocks. It looked like that took care of it.
But days later inside with clean trays and clean rocks and fresh water, the problem is starting again. Now I suspect the bugs might be coming from the orchid pots, although I can't see any there. The bugs are like tiny hyphens, just little straight lines that are less than an eighth of an inch long.
So my question is: What are these and what is the best way to rid the orchid pots of any bugs that might be in them?
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