Oh no! Did I bring a virus home?!

[turock]

I have no experience with orchid viruses, but they were discussed yesterday at my orchid society meeting. I saw an example of a virused phalaenopsis and noticed a similarity in one of my plants at home.

I know the only way to be sure is to do a test, but I wanted to see if you think it's worth ordering one of those tests.

I bought this orchid about three weeks ago, even though the leaf had yellowed, indented spots. At the time I thought the damage looked like sun damage or insect damage. However, I now see a definite resemblance between these spots and the examples of viruses I saw yesterday. What does it look like to you?



I always clean my cutting tools, but learned yesterday that my cleaning methods might not be sufficient to kill all viruses. Also, while I watered this plant separately, it hung beside and above a few of my other plants, and now I'm very concerned that it could have touched or dripped onto these plants. It is now quarantined in a room far from my other plants. I don't have the money to order enough kits for my whole collection... Is there anything I can do to help the protect the plants I may have put in danger?


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