Donna and everyone, Yes, I have just purchased these bulbs. The virused plants that I seem symptoms on are Nerine, Narcissus, Hippeastrum and Sprekelia. There are no doubts in my mind that these are virused, there aren't to many mimics of virus in geophytes like there are in many other plants. The storage organs contain many of the nutrients they need so a deficiency is unlikely. The only other culprit I can think of are mealy bugs and spider mites and neither are present. Also, virus can present anytime of the season, it really depends on the individual plants as to when the virus is noticeable, some plants never show symptoms and some are so bad they present right at the start of a new growth cycle. I'm taking pictures, I had them in a barrel ready to be burned, I can pull them out and take some pictures if it's something that will prove educational. I'm not sure where they got them from to begin with and I don't feel comfortable posting who I got the bulbs from on the forum, you're more than welcome to e-mail me :) See the mosaic pattern towards the tip of the leaf and the very light stripe? Very badly virused Narcissus tazetta v. orientalis

I live in the Dallas area. It's sunny right now and the high is supposed to be in the mid 60's. It's in the mid 50's right now. Sunday it is supposed to hit 70. The Bradford Pear trees are all covered in white flowers and the other trees are starting to bud, some of the early ones have leafs. And of course, the weeds are growing, too.

Well, don't stop painting to chat with me!! ha I wouldn't want to stand in the way of your creativity. :) I have been painting some more shelves, a toilet paper holder,and a bench, but those were just black and white so nothing to show. I got some futon pieces painted into pumpkins and put them outside to clear coat, forgot about them and it rained on them some. They have some spots where the clear coat turned white so have to try to fix those. I've been working on this dairy sign for my kitchen. Bought it for $8 at the TS and it was a horrid green color and looked like it had been left out in the cow field for a year it was that dirty. ha Trying to clean it up and paint it to match my kitchen. It's fairly big so taking a little time. And I hope to get started on a Christmas box I'm giving for a gift this year tomorrow. Gingerbread I think. Sal just commented on my witch and I remembered that I wanted to get the Frankie and Scarecrow cut out to go with her, but I don't think I'm gonna have any time this year. DH just cut out some 4x4 pieces for me to make some pumpkins for my front stoop. I've just got to paint those orange and find some sticks and part of my grape vine for the stems. I haven't been here too much lately and I've got a lot going on this week and next. We've got a family picture Sat and I've got to go find DH and me some shirts to match the outfits I've got the kids. DD's b-day sleepover is Fri-Sat so got to go buy a bunch of food for six 13 yr old girls (you know how much these teenagers can eat!!) and get it ready for Friday and decorate for that. We are remodeling our main bathroom so I've got the tile guy coming Monday and he and DH are gonna start tearing that out. The next weekend I have my B & SiL coming to stay for a week and as soon as they leave it will be Halloween so I need to go ahead and get the kids costumes. I just got the house decorated for Halloween tonight. I didn't put out the tiny stuff that I usually do so it didn't take as long. I'm not used to all this mayhem so I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. ha Anyway, that's my life right now. Oh and we've been having a saga with my 2nd graders teacher. He had an accident at school because she wouldn't let him go to the bathroom and then she made him stand in the corner for the rest of the day and didn't let him call home. I want to move him to another class, but DH and the principal are trying to work something out to keep him in there. Urg!! So anyway, I look forward to seeing your fun stuff. I know it will be fun because you always do cute things. I don't blame you for doing the cute stuff for GD. I like the cute stuff myself. ha So you just keep on a painting til you get it all out of your system again for a while. ha It kinda goes in spurts doesn't it?? Thanksgiving and Christmas are sneaking in so you know there will be plenty more painting opportunities there. ;) ~Anj

Martin, my fertilizer is russian know-how ))) It's an infusion of banana peel. It is good suitable for tropical plants in Siberia. It contains very little nitrogen and iron, and sufficient calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Nitrogen excess can lead to variegation loss. Your chinese ovata may be 'Lutea'. My 'Lutea' are from China too. I think 'Lutea' can turn into 'Alba' in full sun. Light fragments of 'Lutea' become more light yellow under LEDs. While the shoot 7 on my pic remains light green under linear fluorescent lamp. Hi, Ben! What do think about them now? Oksana.