u/JambonSama

Hello !

I bought my first orchid a few weeks ago. It's a Phalaenopsis, but I'm not sure which kind.

I asked my parents to drill me on the care (they have like 20 orchids between the two of them), so I soak / drown the pot for 45 min every two week, then drain it (and ensure it's fully drained)... and that's it.

Today, I noticed it had weird bugs on it, and three flowers were wilted (one of them had a lot of the bugs). I freaked out, cut the wilted flowers and threw them away (instead of taking a picture). When I touched them, they seemed a little sticky to the touch ? I took additional pictures.

• Can you tell me if the bugs are nasty ?
• If so, if I can save my orchid, and how ?
• And what kind of Phalaenopsis I have ?

Thanks for your help !

I know that most boas and vipers are ovoviviparous, that pythons are oviparous, and I can find several sources saying that some snakes are viviparous, some even giving examples of specific viviparous snake species... that I cannot verify.

Can someone confirm or infirm whether viviparous snakes exist, and if they do, provide an example of specific species ?

Examples of sources saying viviparous snakes exists / providing specific viviparous snake species examples:

• 7 Snakes That Give Birth to Live Young (As Opposed to Eggs) [2025/09/12] ("in which the mother gives birth to live young that develop entirely inside the mother, nourished by a placenta. Boas and anacondas fall into this category")
• 8 Examples of Viviparous Snakes [not dated]
• 8 Snakes That Give Live Birth Like Mammals & Why [2021/01/08] ("It’s only recently been confirmed that some snake species are fully viviparous and not, in fact, ovoviviparous")

When I try to cross-verify those sources (I must admit only with wikipedia), it gets contradicted :(

Edit: I found several sources (scientific articles, not click-baity blogs) that confirm that viviparous snakes exist, some of which give specific examples. I'll update tomorrow with a compiled list, it's getting late in my timezone.

• The geography of snake reproductive mode: a global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity [2015/09/15]
• Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake [2022/11/05]
• Reproductive modes of the South American water snakes: A study system for the evolution of viviparity in squamate reptiles [2016/07]
• Viviparity in Snakes: Some Ecological and Zoogeographical Considerations
• Viviparity in Snakes – Histological study of the relationship between fetus, fetal membranes and oviduct in emerald tree boa (Corallus Caninus) [2023/05/24]
• Use of field‐portable ultrasonography reveals differences in developmental phenology and maternal egg provisioning in two sympatric viviparous snakes [2018/02/19]