This was being sold at Humber Nurseries north of Toronto

[ALToronto]

Need I say more? I told the very nice but obviously clueless young man who was tending the greenhouse that he absolutely HAD to get rid of it, and not in the compost. He took it off the table.

This phal had two spikes, but no open blooms yet. Would have been interesting to see the flowers.

Oh, and I found a mealybug on one of this phal's spikes.

[wintergirl]

Even a newbie like me can see a virus on that one...

[WhiteRabbit]

Yikes! Glad it was pulled

[Leafmite]

Wow, it isn't very often when you see something so very obviously virus! I admit, if I saw that, I probably would find a different place to buy orchids.

[ALToronto]

Their orchids are very overpriced anyways, I buy random greenery, fish fertilizer and lava rock there.

[Paul]

Interesting pattern though.