[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Using fertilizer for misting is a little bit rough on the plant if you do it too often, as misting is additive, and the fertilizer can build up. I can't say one way or another about virus. Could be or not. Most of my plants that came back positive for virus showed no symptoms at all, so I don't think worring or not worring should be the way to look at it. If you really want to know, have it tested. From the high percentage of plants that come back positive for virus, it is a pretty good bet that any collection of orchids that numbers in the tens and higher has infected plants. If a plant continues to give a perspon trouble, one can look at the cost of testing as a way, not of eliminating worry, but of ending all the extra energy spent to baby a plant when there is no hope of making any improvement.