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  • I agree with your premise, and here is some additional unsolicited information:

    Vanilla ‘beans’ technically are fruit from hand-pollinated orchids! So scraping a seed pod or using extract makes no difference. It’s never been a bean.

    Coffee ‘beans’ are seeds from the fruit of coffee trees and shrubs.



  • Agree with spider mites, pretty sure I can see webbing between the leaf tips.

    Neem will work, so will insecticidal / horticultural soap and it smells less bad. Heck they’re soft-bodied, you could probably spray 50% isopropyl and kill them too. I like the soap because it’s really cheap and safe for pretty much anything without farina / epicuticular wax (I feel like some begonia Rex aren’t a fan either).

    This is a good sized infestation so I would recommend starting by rinsing the leaves really well in the shower or with a hose. After debulking the colony, then use insecticide.

    Check your other plants too OP! Mites are not particularly particular.