Cyclamen Mites. Cyclamen houseplants are prone to mites between stems and leaves, which can cause curling leaves. Also, look for aphids on the stems and new growth. Yellowing Leaves.

* The most unusual treatment for cyclamen mites was not particularly directed toward African violets. The treatment is to submerge the infested plants in warm (110 degree) water for 15 to 30 minutes.

Cyclamen mites are the likely culprit. The mites attack a variety of houseplants. Besides African violets and cyclamens, these include begonias and kalanchoes.

Milder broad mite and cyclamen mite infestations can be treated with miticide, insecticide or horticultural oil, as long as you’re diligent about applying these to the entirety of the plant.

A-Cyclamen mites cause new leaves and flower buds to be twisted, undersize and generally malformed. Such a plant should be discarded. Cyclamen mites and spider mites are tiny and hard to discern ...

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ON November 21, 1935, a number of cyclamen flowers were received from a nursery near Exeter, and were found to be heavily infested with Tarsonemus pallidus, Banks, which was causing injury typical ...