virused Gladiolus?

Ellen Hornig hornig@oswego.edu
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 13:01:32 PDT
Nick - those look like very typical Gladiolus dalenii - no obvious reason
to think they're virused.

Ellen


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Last year, I dug some gladiolus corms from an old, abandoned home site at
> the edge of our property.  The plants are now blooming, and I'm worried
> about the color pattern.  Please take a look and let me know if this looks
> like a virus.
>
>
> http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/myrmecodia/…
>
> The foliage is clean and the plants are vigorous, although they rarely
> bloom at the original site due to encroaching shade and mowing by deer.
> I'm not sure how long they have been growing at the site, but all that's
> left of the house is a chimney, some patches of daffodils, and the glads.
>
> If this is virus, I'd like to know if viruses of Iridaceae can infect
> amaryllids. The glads are in the same flower bed as some crinums and are
> about 20 feet away from where I grow my potted South American and African
> amaryllids in the summer.
>
>
>
> Nick Plummer
> Durham, NC, Zone 7
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