Nick - those look like very typical Gladiolus dalenii - no obvious reason to think they're virused. Ellen On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> wrote: > Last year, I dug some gladiolus corms from an old, abandoned home site at > the edge of our property. The plants are now blooming, and I'm worried > about the color pattern. Please take a look and let me know if this looks > like a virus. > > > http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/myrmecodia/… > > The foliage is clean and the plants are vigorous, although they rarely > bloom at the original site due to encroaching shade and mowing by deer. > I'm not sure how long they have been growing at the site, but all that's > left of the house is a chimney, some patches of daffodils, and the glads. > > If this is virus, I'd like to know if viruses of Iridaceae can infect > amaryllids. The glads are in the same flower bed as some crinums and are > about 20 feet away from where I grow my potted South American and African > amaryllids in the summer. > > > > Nick Plummer > Durham, NC, Zone 7 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545