Dear All, No one has answered Paul's question about his Sparaxis and whether they could be virused unless someone did it privately and I suspect that most of us don't have an answer, but one of those looks a little scary to me with all those streaks. I guess you'd have to test it to be sure. Like my red one I think it is very pretty however. Looking at Paul's pictures I was reminded of a visit to Terry Hatch's in New Zealand. Terry was growing both Watsonia and Sparaxis in the ground in an open spot where he was allowing the insects to pollinate the plants and seeing what kind of interesting hybrids were the results. I was fascinated by the intricate color combinations and was surprised when he said what he was trying to do was to breed for solid colors. Those weren't the ones I liked the most, but he felt the public would prefer the solid colors. He or someone else must have succeeded because Paul's pictures show Sparaxis in a wide range of colors. I especially like the pink one as that is not a color I'd expect in Sparaxis. Mary Sue