New plague?
My #WhiteBirdOfParadise has some white things below the leafs.. I went for holidays and when I came back looks like some little plague is leaving this white dots. Any idea of what can it be and how to treat the plant?

5β pot with drainage

Last watered 3 months ago
If you have a more in focus photo it would be helpful but I think Iβm seeing mealy bugs. Clean with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab to get them off them spray it really well leaves and stems with neem oil. Youβre going to need a repeat of neem to get rid of this given the number. Spray neem at night, it degrades under light and wonβt be effective. Good luck
Those are no mealies and if they do not fly they are not aphids. It looks like thrips to me. If Iβm right you will need to be aggressive with treatments. Systematics usually donβt work many colonies have built up immunities to them. Neem oil can work but since they lay their eggs into the stems and burrow into leaves they are difficult to treat. Treat every three days you need to keep killing them as they hatch. This looks like the larvae stage. Treat every 3 day for 3 weeks possibly even 6 weeks, this is a bad infestation.