Agony & Ecstacy: Phal. Grosbeak 'Chin Yo'

[D_novice]

Today I composted this plant that had two beautiful blooms. It succumbed to the same (virus? bacteria?) that afflicted every violacea-type Phal in my collection. This plant is ~82.5% violacea. The blooms were very nice and smelled like nice soap - not the spicy fruity smell of many Phals.

Well, all my violacea types are gone now. This was a bittersweet farewell.


early stage disease


bad photo, this eventually consumed the whole plant


Phalaenopsis Grosbeak 'Chin Yo'


Phal Grosbeak 'Chin Yo'


3rd photo

One other thing to add - all my phals were in a small space touching each other. Only the violacea types were affected, and treating the &*%$ out of them with phyton 27, steriliizing the surfaces with Physan, crushing an antibiotic pill and extracting it in rubbing alcohol - nothing made much of a difference. And, every other Phal is happy as can be! Just shows that susceptbility may well be the most important factor.