Discussion of virus disease (part one of group two)

The photos in group two all have patterns as their "special feature". The first one cost relatively little; in June 1997 I used two seedlings ofFour SeasonsOrchidCrystal to trade for a newly collected hybrid butterfly flower (stamen butterfly) that produced "variegation". The reason I say the cost was relatively low is that at the time the two seedlings ofFour SeasonsOrchidCrystal were leftover after propagation and transfer, so it counted as profit. In 1999 its death truly and completely killed my enthusiasm for "mountain peak". The seller was a friend in Shantou whogrows orchidsand sells orchids; he has always been cautious by nature, and grows orchids the same way. I saw the newly collected hybrid butterfly flower in bloom at his home during the 1997 Spring Festivalin flower, and at the end of May that same year I discovered that the new growth had produced variegation, with a beautiful mountain peak, and it was smooth, without a single depression. After repeated requests, the owner finally did me a favour and agreed to exchange flowers with me. After cutting the new shoot for me, he still had 4 seedlings, and they had not produced variegation. After getting the treasure, I first put it in a small plastic pot to soak in rooting stimulant, (to prevent contagion, I even specially put a cling film bag over the plastic pot before adding water and rooting stimulant). Then I planted it properly in a new pot with new soil, and of course I cared for it every day. The photo everyone sees was taken in early 1998; its second generation also had a "mountain peak", and also had depressions and ordinary virus symptoms. (The scorching and depressions of the first generation appeared at the end of 1997.) Just like that, starting around June 1998, it stopped growing, and in 1999 it extinguished my dream of a rare flower producing variegation (pattern variegation). (Zheng Yuhui)