diseased Cattleya

[Eyebabe]

Originally Posted by DebsC

Vicki, you might have a plant in your collection forever and never suspect it was virused. The leaves and flowers could look perfectly normal.

I gather it is stress on the plant that can bring on symptoms, insect infestation, bacterial infection, heat and I would imagine many other factors come in to play here.

Some of the old corsage catts are still blooming flawlessly but many have virus, they just don't show it.

This is absolutely true and why it is important to manage your collection in a "clean" fashion.
Typically, the old cattleya cultivars that are virused have CymMV which in many cases has minimal effect on the plants...this is not the case however for other genii.
ORSV or color break virus usually is much less benign and at least for a cattleya collector is why I test for virus.
These are the two viruses we CAN test for; there are close to 65 others we cannot test for....but as I have pointed out in other threads, this is not a good reason to refuse to test etc.
That is why I said IF I suspect virus, I test for it.
Your plant is NOT one I personally would be thinking needs a test at this time....just my