From my experience in growing Crinums the faint circles suggest that they were likely to have been mildly infected by thrips, mites or mealy bugs during the leaf growth stage. This can be more obvious when grown in nutrient deficitant conditions. Cheers Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Del Allegood" <npublici@yahoo.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Help needed. Is this crinum virused? > The leaves look like mosaic virus to me.Quite often mosaic will only > manifest its self when the plant is stressed,such as without fertilizer. > The only way I know to be sure, is to have it tested,which costs about > sixty to seventy dollars in the US. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Rahul Grant <rahulgrant@yahoo.com> > To: list <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:50 PM > Subject: [pbs] Help needed. Is this crinum virused? > > Hi. I have a crinum zeylanicum which is potted in almost pure sand and it > has not been fertilized in about 6 months. I'm not sure if the leaves are > showing virus symptoms or nutrient deficiency. Can you guys please have a > look at the pics attached to the following link and see what you think? > There are 12 pics of the crinum in question. > > http://flic.kr/p/e9Vi4J/ > > Thanks > Rahul > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >