[arvin555]

Again an update,

I just got a tip from my brother that Chilli plants are prone to having Mealyworms, which I can confirm because among our plants the chilli plants have the most mealybugs in them, might transfer all chili plants out of area where our CPs are.

I just found a flowerstalk of a D. Spatulata with lots of aphids, so I did the soap sud thing again, next day no more aphids, at least on the flower stalk. So it does work, the question is if the flowers will still bloom or not.

Again in my opinion for Neps that do not mind getting soaked underwater, soak them for a few hours and you get rid of most of the bugs, mealybugs float though.

Update:
A few days ago, saw a new flower stalk with aphids again, so used soap method and sure enough they all were gone. However today when I checked, some flower stalks have aphids again (but not the ones that I treated before, though it could get infect again as I don't think there is long term prevention capability of the soapsud method).

The flower stalks which I treated with soapsuds for aphids do continue on to flower, so it is safe to use the soapsuds on them. Though if they are able to give viable seeds not sure yet.