When trying to decide whether or not to discard a suspected virus infected plant, keep in mind that there is a tremendous amount of misinformation out there. I have seen and heard about a number of very bad recommendations concerning plants suspected of having virus. Most variegated plants are not the result of viral infection (of course, there are certainly many examples of ones that are caused by virus). To the untrained eye, many nutrient deficiencies in monocots can mimic the appearance of virused plants. For good examples, look up some of the many pictures available online of nutrient deficiencies in corn. Petal variegation is most frequently misdiagnosed as virus in origin, probably because many people have heard about tulip breaking virus. There's even a photo of a pink Sparaxis flower on the PBS wiki that is likely misdiagnosed as being virused: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… The diagnosis on the orange Sparaxis is also suspect. Many misdiagnosed variegated petal patterns such as these are likely the result of harmless transposons. Heat is known to suppress the appearance of some viral symptoms in plants. For example, on more than one occasion I have received Crinum bulbs through the BX from peolple living in much warmer summer climates than where I live. The resulting plants exhibited severe viral symptoms as soon as they leafed out and I promptly destroyed them. Given the sources, its extremely unlikely they knowingly sent these infected bulbs to the BX. Nathan