Virus in Cattleya

[viridian-skies]

Originally Posted by JScott

Seattle Orchids is a horrible nursery who sends virused and near dead plants and then refuses to make any attempt to make it right.

That being said, we should not just jump to the conclusion that a plant is virused because it came from Seattle Orchids. I don't see any definite signs of a virus, but the best way to know is to test it. Get a test, and if it tests positive, contact Seattle Orchids and ask them to remedy the problem. You won't get very far, but you will irritate them, so it might be worth it.

Yes, I'm going to buy a test kit to be sure. I don't want to accuse without knowing for certain.

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:00 PM ----------

Originally Posted by SouthPark

VS - these flowers are toward the end of blooming right? You could wait to see what the next flowers look like - next time. Just keep it a bit away from the other orchids. Those leaves look a bit on the dark side, as if the sun intensity wasn't too high when it was grown (at Seattle Orchid) ----- unless it's just the photograph taken in low light conditions.

The bloom on the left opened last week and the one on the right just opened completely a couple of days ago, so they're not old.

I grow this under high light and the leaves are tinged with red pigment which doesn't show very well in the photos. The lighting was bad where I took it.

I'll keep this separated and purchase a test kit to see what the results are.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by viridian-skies

Yes, I'm going to buy a test kit to be sure. I don't want to accuse without knowing for certain.

I hope that someday they will just get sick of all the complaints and decide to change their business practices to improve their operation. While I think that is unlikely, we can also hope that maybe word will get out that they are awful, and they will go ahead and just pack it up and move on to some other business venture. We can only dream.