I, too, have found a number of my plants concealing viruses...I wonder
if their prevalence can be attributed primarily to the fact that we
clone so much. I read somewhere that if a plant is created the old
fashioned way, i.e. male + female gametes, the virus will not be passed
on. Thus, viruses I imagine would not be transmitted as much in nature.
As well, when a plant has 16 generations of hybridizations under its
belt, it might make it genetically unstable, and possibly more
susceptible to infection?

Cheers,
Xi

K Barrett wrote:
Yep, Dorothy Wisnom's the one.

Man, what is it that is spreading through your collection? The streaks
sound like virus. But without a test it isn't logical to speculate.

I have been impressed, however, with the number of other individuals that
make similar claims in their collections. If there was such a thing as a
NIH or CDC for plants I'm sure we'd see more interest or activity concerning
identification and erradication of this problem.

K

"Steve" wrote in message
...

Hi K....
Yes, you sent me a Dorothy Wisnom 'Golden Gate'
http://stevewilson.homestead.com/fil...oldenGate1.jpg
You also sent a Stephan Isler
http://stevewilson.homestead.com/fil...sler1202_1.jpg

Sadly, both of those plants have acquired a disease and I should, and
soon will, throw them away. I saw the disease first on an old Onc. Gower
Ramsey. then it showed up in a Colmanara Wildcat. Then it started in the
2 from you. It starts as yellow streaks and translucent spots in the
leaves. The plants go into decline leading to several small weak growths.
I know how to avoid spreading virus so I was hoping it was a fungus that
could be cured. Unlike the story about my Odontoglossums, fungicides are
not helping a bit. There's a lot about this story that reminds me of the
Phal disease that spread through all my Phals.

Steve

K Barrett wrote:

Steve, what was the name of the odont I gave you a few years ago (that

you

bloom better than I ever did?) Was Dorothy Wisnom, or something like

that?

I have a 'lost tag' orchid in spike and I want to see if its the same

one.

Yellow, star shaped, flat, nice. Your conditions are better than mine

ever

were....

K Barrett