went to the GNYOS show yesterday; lots of purty plants (incl. 3 kovachii
hybrids from piping rock; they claimed to be selling seedlings but i
didn't see any; another guy had seedlings for $75 per 2 inch pot (!))
and there was an outfit there selling virus test kits. basically it's a
dip strip type of thing; tests for cym mosaic and odont ringspot.
website www.agdia.com for those interested. they also seem to do testing
of samples you send in. (disclaimer: i don't know those folks, i don't
know anything about virus testing, and i have no idea if it works.)

and yes, i managed to get out of there having bought only one plant, and
it small enough to fit in my shirt pocket. (encyc. cochleata.)

the bad news: this morning i discovered my phal brother lancer which i
had thought i had brought back from stem rot, had it again. tossed the
plant.

--j_a