V I R U S !!!!!! Run for your lives..........

[goodgollymissmolly]

Here is a single reference from the third page of a Google search for "orchid viruses". Anybody can do the same search.

http://www.aosforum.org/pdf/Batchelor_17.pdf

I put this one here because it is indicative of all the other articles. All of them blame human interactions as the spread vector. Some mention thrip and aphids as possible vectors (which I said in my post). Some also mention mites but not many. Several articles also coroborate the fact that at least CymMV and ORSV (our largest concerns) do not occur in the wild orchid population.

Bugs are responsible for many viral diseases in agriculture, but these are not the viruses we have in orchids.

Just to be clear...there are at least 90 articles on the first three pages of a Google search that overwhelmingly confirm what I said in my posts. I think the Bachelor article I cited sums it up pretty well if you don't want to read 90 articles.

So my references are cited. Thank you very much for your attention. I rest my case your honor.