On Monday, October 16, 2006, at 07:00 AM, Terry Hernstrom wrote: > Aren't most variegations the result of a virus or disease the plant > adapts > to? ****************** I'll leave this question to the "experts"/botanists etc. I do know that if there is a "virus", it has not spread to any others in my collection. > Terry Hernstrom > Director, Gardens & Grounds > Kimberly Crest House & Gardens > Redlands CA. (Where we had a little rain over the weekend, **************** As we did here in Long Beach, CA > > This looks like a bad virus to me. > John Grimshaw ***************** John, see comment above. The variegation in Veltheimias seems fairly well accepted in Australia and New Zealand. There are several of them "popping up" in various places. I also have a pink flowered one with slight variegation. The Japanese have introduced one within the last couple of years. Also, it produces seeds which are 100% variegated like the "mother bulb". Happy hunting", Doug