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Old 15-12-2006, 04:24 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
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Default Damage to blooms?

"V_coerulea" wrote in message
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"Nancy G." wrote in message
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I have Lc. Walter Winchell in bloom. The edges of the petals and lip
look like the pigment didn't make it all the way to the edge, so the
blooms appear to be outlined in white. The veins in the bloom show up
as white streaks. It has bloomed for me before, a medium purple with a
darker lip, without the white on the petals.

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Nancy



I've seen pictures of virused plants that look like what you describe.
I've never seen it in my collection or heard of those symptoms being
caused by a fungus or bacterium. There may be some weird combination of
chemical, local condition and bacterium or fungus that can cause this. I'm
not an expert, Nancy, so don't go throwing it in the trash until someone
else confirms but I certainly would put it on the suspect list and isolate
it. Good luck
Gary


That has happened to my catts too and I don't know why either. If anyone
knows, you'd be helping 2 people.

K Barrett