tant385
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I am collecting orchids for 4 year now and i am very serious about orchid viruses. I tested most of my orchids, without regret discard positive ones. Surprisingly, not many were positive before, but I can see clear pattern. If 2 or 3 plant from same nursery appeared positive I never go back to this vendor. And vice versa. Recently I visited a well known grower and found very nice blue cattleya. It cost me about 50$ without buds, so it was not the cheapest one in my collection. I particularly asked vendor if he test it, the answer was no, but the blue bloom was always clear and he even recently cloned it. I did not test it, virus testing is not cheap.Keep aside from my other plants just in case. OK. 2 month later it bloom for me and flower looks little suspicious. I test it and yes, ORSV positive. Should I contact vendor? He probably will not be happy. What is the orchid etiquette in cases like that?