Welcome to Critter Creek Laboratory
Critter Creek Lab is a family owned and operated Orchid Testing laboratory.
The lab processes numerous samples per week. Average turn around for the results is usually one week. Results can now be emailed, in addition to receiving the results by mail or email .
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Some reagents for sanitizing/sterilizing:
Bleach such as Clorox—10% solution (1 cup of bleach in 9 cups of water) Sodium Hydroxide (lye) – 1% solution (1 pound can in 99 pounds of water [~12 gallons] TSP (trisodium phosphate)– saturated solution—add solid to (warm) water with stirring until no more will dissolve and then a little bit more so there is…
Some basic ideas for prevention or at least control of plant virus infections
Ideally start with uninfected plants through: Buying from reputable dealer Visual appearance i.e. no obvious symptoms of viral infection Testing for presence of virus Playing the percentages- 1) Vegetatively propagated plants are more likely to be infected than those produced from seed. 2) The longer a perennial plant has…
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Examples of Leaves and Flowers of Virus Infected Plants
Here are some examples of virused leaves. These are flowers that are showing symptoms of virus.
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Viruses and Orchids
A little over 100 years ago the first of a new type of a disease-causing agent in plants was identified–the virus. When I started studying plant viruses in the late 1960’s there were probably 300+ known. Depending on which authority you believe, there are now between 1500 and 2500 different viruses that infect plants. Fortunately…