In a message dated 3/16/08 12:15:38 AM, Ray writes:
> Did you forget water splashing from one plant to another?
>
That is a common way of transmitting bacterial infection, not viruses.
Remember the rules you read all the time about AIDS; the same principles apply.
Orchid viruses are spread by the transmission of "body fluids": unsanitary
cutting, sloppy repotting, unwashed hands & tables, and group potting. And of
course,
sex. I have lost a couple of seed parents to infected pollen parents.
Iris
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