Results of ORSV and CymMV testing

[NYCorchidman]

I understand where you're coming from as a customer. I also understand what the vendor is saying.
David, I think you're being a bit too hard on the vendor. It is very true that there are many many different viruses affecting orchids. (At least 30). As you point out and as many orchid lovers know, two of the most harmful ones are also the most common. They didn't mention all viruses are harmless.

At nurseries growing hundreds to thousand orchids, it is just very impractical to test every single plant they have for the presence of viruese. It is simply not done!
There are also false positive or false negative test results, and possible contamination at home test set up is very likely.

Also, viruses are much more common than many think. Any growers will have somewhere from 5-30% of their orchid stock virused with the two deadly ones or both in many cases. It's just reality.

In your case though, Adriana, since all plants from the same vendor came out positive, it's probably true reading.
If you paid a lot of money for the plants, why don't you send samples of those plants to a lab like critter creek lab and have them test your samples?
Then not only you know for sure about your plants's disease status, but also can use their results to get your money back or replacement plants.

By the way, is any of your orchids oncidium hybrids?
I hate how oncidiums show signs that might be fungal, viral or nothing. I thought a lot about testing, but since most of them are cheap and common, I just dump them if I don't like them. lol

Now I'm thinking of sending samples of all my orchids to a lab. I just can't live with doubt or suspicion everytime I see even the tiniest spots or streaks on leaves and flowers. just freaks me out! lol

All the best with your orchids!