40% Off Sale
 

Information for all of the species lovers. I just visited Andy's Orchids website and he is having a 40% off sale on 100 species.

Do you know if the sale is for everything or just certain plants?

101 plants of his choosing. That's only a tiny, tiny fraction of plants he has offered for sale.

Does he announce which 101 tomorrow?

Midnight, after the Turkey is long cleared from the table. :)
I told myself that this order from J&L (due to arrive) was the last one for the year but I have a feeling that will prove to be a lie....just like the Oak Hill Garden's order last month. :|

I know the feeling Leafmite. Just when you think you have quelled the desire to acquire more orchids, along comes Andy (and other vendors) offering irresistible discounts! I've had a wish list going @ Andy's website, so I hope some of my items will be on the 40% discount!!!

I don't have a wish list but I will! :)

I've been feeling glum since I had to cut a virus off almost all my phals and today, one oncidium. I'm almost afraid to get more orchids, but 40% is an awfully good deal. I'm not sure I have enough will power NOT to buy something!

I may be misreading this but you can't cut a virus off, the whole plant is infected.

ETA: And you can only confirm a virus through testing.

AnonYMouse, I'm going with what I've read about Phyllosticta, as that's what I believe I'm dealing with. If it's a leaf problem and not a systemic plant problem, cutting off the infected area, isolating, and monitoring should save the plants. I hope.

"St. Augustine Orchid Society
St. Augustine Orchid Society - North Florida Orchid Growing
The Dreaded Thai Disease
Orchid Alert
Courtesy of Dr.
Martin Motes
, Motes Orchids
, from his book
Vandas
Phyllosticta capitatus
, also known as
Guignardia
is most commonly referred to in Florida as Thai
fungus. In fairness to the Thais, it is in fact cosmopolitan. Amateur growers have exceptional difficulty
controlling this disease largely because of a lack of understanding of its life cycle. An understandi
ng of
this fungus makes it no more difficult to control than any other of the leaf spotting fungi such as
Cercospora
.
Phyllosticta
seems to appear suddenly on otherwise healthy plants; usually after they have been
subjected to cold stress in the late fall
or early winter. The distinct, rough, often diamond shape lesions
are in fact the fruiting bodies of the fungus. The fungus has been present in the leaves for some time
and the sudden appearance of the lesions is analogous to the appearance of "fairy ring
s" of toadstools
after a heavy rain. Just as mystery surrounded the latter phenomenon for ages, many growers cling to
the mistaken notion that
Phyllosticta
is a systemic problem like a virus. Strictly speaking this fungus is a
disease of the leaf not the e
ntire plant. The disease spreads upward on the plant from lower infected
leaves to the newly formed leaves as they emerge. Only under the most adverse growing conditions is
this disease fatal to the plant. It is, however extremely persistent. To control t
his highly successful
organism requires equal persistence on the part of the grow" http://staugorchidsociety.org/PDF/Alert-ThaiCrud.pdf