This disease is caused by Stagonospora curtisii. This fungus produces bright red streaks on all parts of the amaryllis. The red patches enlarge and eventually become sunken and moist. The disease is more active in cool, damp conditions. I have not been consistently successful in curing bulbs. You can try heat baths 104-114oF 30 minutes. Thyophanate methyl ( I haven't tried other fungicides) seems to work best when applied after removing leaves in the fall, wetting the top of the bulb completely or dipping the bulb in fungicide as it goes into dormancy and again during dry storage and again as the bulb breaks dormancy as the bud emerges. Cool damp storage or spring weather seems to spread or exacerbate the symptoms. I hope this helps. Best regards, Mark Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Rimmer deVries <rdevries@comcast.net> wrote: > > Does any know what these red spots are? Is this a virus or ? > > They show up on almost all amaryllis type bulbs sourced from Holland. > > http://flic.kr/p/pA243j/ > > Rimmer > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/