Hi Joel, Thank you for your reply! I am receiving very similar responses, and I appreciate my gut instinct being affirmed!
Best regards, Amanda On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 6:28 PM Voron, Joel <jvo...@cwf.org> wrote: > So greenhouse totally can have pests. I have worked in greenhouses before > and ask anyone else who has they will confirm. One loose hidden cricket > from any greenhouse stock that hops out of a plant into a museum that dies > at the right time of year in the right space can start a carpet > beetle/dermestid problem. Could in theory happen so yes there is risk as > well as ...oh well we were allowed to have points for four weeks after > Christmas until they looked ugly and died so now ill bring this plant in > from home....you can see how that could easily progress.. Points are hard > to water....too little or too much and they are not happy too too much and > fungus gnats will certainly show up. Good luck with this journey. JTV > > > > > > Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > > Conservation Dept. > > Integrated Pest Management > > Office 757-220-7080 > > Cell 757-634-1175 > > E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org > > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Amanda Robinson < > amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > It is that time of year where planted poinsettias appear. These plants > left over from a holiday party have been placed in our staff offices where > we have a selection of works from the collection on display (no guidelines > in place, but I am working on that). I of course asked for them to be > removed and was met with the reply that if the poinsettias are "greenhouse > grown" then they are likely not a pest threat and can stay on display. I > have never heard of this before, and also would assume it is the soil that > is the attractant for pests, greenhouse grown or not. Any advice or > guidance? I have not found many resources on this specific issue. > > Thank you so much, > > Amanda > > -- > *Amanda A. Robinson* > > Museum Registrar, Collections Management > M.A. Art History, Museum Studies, Florida State University > Specializing in the Cataloging, Digitization, and Preservation of all Fine > Art Objects > (772) 321-9183 > amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com > www.linkedin.com/in/amandaashleyrobinson > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShNwYL-1RZ8k4xMU6VAf4Wju8aH-b_KCpqQRPZ-5eaX00A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShNwYL-1RZ8k4xMU6VAf4Wju8aH-b_KCpqQRPZ-5eaX00A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/E33A13CE-AD7E-4CF6-BBD7-4F856E5B3027%40cwf.org > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/E33A13CE-AD7E-4CF6-BBD7-4F856E5B3027%40cwf.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Amanda A. Robinson* Museum Registrar, Collections Management M.A. Art History, Museum Studies, Florida State University Specializing in the Cataloging, Digitization, and Preservation of all Fine Art Objects (772) 321-9183 amanda.ashley.robin...@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/amandaashleyrobinson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGcvShO44vJ--J8JUDC7%3DcPB0VMeqzzRFckq8yvOqYFpGuo1eQ%40mail.gmail.com.
