Jennifer, It would not appear to be virused, but it is infected w/ stagnospora, which is present at various degrees of infection on about every hippeastrum I have seen. It is inherent in amaryllids, even in the wild! There seems to be another related problem that can be seen at the neck - this is some sort of rot. When I get what looks similar to this it is usually the result of a fly (which nobody's has been able to ID it) laying eggs and they pupate at the soil level (the neck of the bulb) in the winter and by the time you see the damage it is already in peril. Several steps can be taken to recover the bulb... the most drastic being cutting the top half of the bulb off (until there is no more dark, necrotic tissue in the center) and longitudunally quarter the remainder and place in peat. Hippeastrums are lovely when in flower but can get to be dirty little plants! Best, Kevin D. Preuss http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <jennifer.hildebrand@att.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: [pbs] Sick bulb images > Here are a couple of problems I've run into. Is this Hippeastrum virused? > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > Have I just killed this tulip with kindness (ie. overwatered)? > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > I'll add these images to the "Pests and Problems" section of the wiki. > > Jennifer > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
