[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Yep, common reedstemmed Epi. This is about as far from rare as you can get. It is usually called the weed of the orchid world and is nearly impossible to kill. Takes just about any culture, and propagates itself very rapidly. Because of the rapid growth and spreading, and keiki-ing, it is passed from one person to another, ad infinitum, resulting in almost all of these being virused. The only plants that can be expected to be free of virus are those grown recently from seed. Just make sure that you do not use a tool to cut one of these, and then use the tool on another orchid without sterilizing it first, by heating, not by using alcohol.