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Thank you for all those emails and the information contained, Bill. I really don't know why there is such a discepency between the level of care you are
Have you also considered that this nursery (I would not do business with them) is saying that testing for viruses is a waste of time simply because it is
I do not know what your limitations are but a clean orchid collection requires a clean enviroment for them---that means washing down (when whether permits)
Yes --think---any disease can be spread---often they are genera and species specific limited or for the time being be uncommunicatable only to later become
Aloha Everyone, I hurt myself last Sunday. I haven't been in the garden or tending to most of my Orchids. The only Orchids getting attention is the ones on the