Jane- here in Florida, I can't grow Galanthus. I am curious if it is the same thiing. It would mostly affect large scale greenhouse operations. I will say that Hippeastrums are a pain when it comes to their health issues (virus, stagnospora), which run rampant unless otherwise desirable, but infected plants are cruely tossed. As mentioned several times before, Stangospora is found on wild amaryllids, so....Here is an ideal fungus to be eliminated from commercial stock using transgenic techniques (inserting a foriegn gene into the organism). Best, Kevin D. Preuss http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/