The answer is very simple! The dutch don't deal in all the rarer cultivars or even posses them as yet. And yes collectors are ever desperatly hopefull that this virus won't spread to all the other galanthus, as there is no cure except to destroy the rare bulbs.It needs some heavy investment, probably, that private individuals who usually are the sellers of these plants just don't have! It will need state or other large corporate funding.This is one of the main reasons I don't sell, but exchange bulbs with other collectors who know the score! I know what the risks are when I am given a bulb. Elizabeth Strangman gave me some of the very first Galanthus plicatus 'Wendys Gold' a great many years ago as she did not like the 'look' of the bulbs.I took a risk. Two years ago I planted out about one hundred bulbs of this!! Virus are not fatal!! Mark > Message du 29/07/11 16:35 > De : "Alberto Castillo" > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] Dianne Kaines, Galanthus virus > > > It is very candid to maintain bulbs infected with a BULB virus and expect that it will not spread to others. > > Since galanthus bulbs are not cheap in some cultivars I wonder why the Dutch have not tried cleaning them. With their laboratory facilities, this could be feasible. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >