FEW THINGS BOTHER SERIOUS
orchid growers more than the dreaded
V word — virus. Most, if not all, orchids
are susceptible to one or more types of
viral infection. There is no currently
known cure for an orchid virus, other
than discarding the plant. Some
techniques have been reported that
may be able to eliminate a viral infection
in the meristem tissue-culture process,
but these are tedious, costly and time
consuming at best, take five to seven
years before the plant may bloom again
and are certainly not going to be
economically effective for Aunt
Gertrude’s 70-year-old division of
Cymbidium Alexanderi (Eburneolowianum
× insigne).
FEW THINGS BOTHER SERIOUSorchid growers more than the dreadedV word — virus. Most, if not all, orchidsare susceptible to one or more types ofviral infection. There is no currentlyknown cure for an orchid virus, otherthan discarding the plant. Sometechniques have been reported thatmay be able to eliminate a viral infectionin the meristem tissue-culture process,but these are tedious, costly and timeconsuming at best, take five to sevenyears before the plant may bloom againand are certainly not going to beeconomically effective for AuntGertrude’s 70-year-old division ofCymbidium Alexanderi (Eburneolowianum× insigne).
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