I agree with Alberto, I can't imagine anyone would want to spread the viral infections considering how hard some of us work to keep our collections clean! I do not think ALL variegation in Clivia is due to virus, I'm sure some is due to genetics! Jim Shields I'm sure can explain this! Josh On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com > wrote: > > > One of my job rolls in the 80s was quality control in a massive wholesale > > nursery & i had a fascination at the time with variegated viral > infections > > that cause variegation in other wise healthy ornamental & native plants > in > > perfect growing conditions, we supplied woolworths & coles supermarkets, > so > > everything had to be perfect & the variegated plants were usually > separated > > from the group for experimentation or dumped. So i started to collect > them & > > work on keeping the variegated viral strains in circulation for > development > > for the nursery industry. I see many of my babies that were traded with > > others & are in nurseries & gardens today. I had many species that were > very > > unusual to see as variegated & was very successful at keeping them that > way > > by simply removing enough of the green foliage that the virus could stay > > dominant, while balancing enough green material for photosynthesis. > > > > This may be quite difficult to do in clivias because they tend to be > slower > > growing, like a low light environment & are pretty tough, so they will > > easily out grow the virus in comfortable growing conditions. Good on u > for > > having a healthy garden :-) Some times they do not revert so easilly & > will > > stay variegated for much longer but its often a game of cat & mouse. > > > > It would definetaly be worth the experiment to start removing some of the > > green leaf material, the virus effected leaves might support more > cloriphill > > to survive in time & you can remove more green leaf, eventually the virus > > may take over again. Its a fun experiment & would be cool to know if it > > works 4 u....." > > THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING!!! > > TO THINK THAT SERIOUS GROWERS ARE AT PAINS TRYING TO HAVE THEIR COLLECTIONS > HEALTHY!!!! > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >