Finally, it took a year for this suspected virus to bloom. This is so very slow growing and after I pruned this it attempted to bloom a few times but got aborted. Now it likes its new locations and the leaves are small but no distortion and the "first bloom" seem to be normal and beautiful:
Here's the faded bloom of the sibling, normal size leaves and blooms:
Again caution: I am not encouraging anyone to keep suspected MSV. I have this segregated from my group of healthy desert roses.
