In 2006 I got a Captain Kirk from Dutch Gardens; it died and they replaced it. I compared my Captain Kirk, which seemed quite unusual, to pictures in various publications, and I would say that it has the worst case of HVX I've ever seen! This spring will bring a scrupulous destruction of the offending plant. The uninfected version looks lovely, but I don't think I'll replace it. Is it my imagination, or are we discovering more and more hostas which are carrying the virus? Jakki

BUT Mark's Starship is a tc sport while mine is an actual plant sport. ========>>> isnt there an FAQ dumbing down TC [ i put it that way cuz some dummy wrote it ..] .... i will sum it up they take a piece of meristem... which is like an artichoke... strip off all the leaves of the artichoke ... down to the meristem .... so they have the crown to start with .... and sterilize it to within an inch of its life .... so its still the same plant ... they then place that in some jello/agar which has hormones to release dormant buds .... a few weeks later they take it to a chamber and start slicing off little plantlets .... which are still the same plant ... now they have crown + leaves ... then they get a different jar with rooting hormone in the jello .... and grow some roots on all the pieces cut of ... and it is still the same plant ... and now a complete plant with roots, crown and leaves ... in a few more weeks.. when they all might be an inch big.. they move them to liner trays by the hundreds ... and they are still the same plant ... and there you have TC in a nutshell ... now.. because hosta are inherently unstable.. lets say for every hundred of the same plant ... out will pop the weirdo .. centered.. edged.. just different from momma ... and that is how a TC produced sport ... and .. IN THEORY .. would be no different than your sport .. if they look the same ... though in all reality .. only maturity.. and a DNA test is going to tell you if they are exactly the same ... you can divide or stomp your plant.. to start releasing the dormant buds.. to increase your odds of getting the little weirdos .... and eventually.. you will have 250,000 copies of momma .... and a good percentage of sports.. just like the TC guys ... i doubt your are thinking of registering it and putting it on the market.. but in all reality.. these TC guys have swamped the market with hundreds of look alikes.. because each lab names the same sport and takes it to market [God forbid they throw away something that they have this much invested in, even if it is a look alike] .. and frankly.. no one is going to bother to do the DNA to find out ... ergo presto.. a bunch of TC sports of something like striptease.. that all look familiar ... so in specific answer to your question... yes it is the same sport.. until someone else proves me wrong ... regardless ... it is a thrill to 'capture' your own.... you may resume having fun in your garden .. lesson over ken

It looks like the plant had some kind of damage that led to a fungus infection. If that plant just came from a nursery that purchased it from Q & Z in a 4" pot (makes me wonder because that is a Q & Z tag) I bet it was overfertilized with Osmocote. I got a bunch of Sutter's Mill from Q & Z last summer that had the same symptoms and the pots were loaded with osmocote pellets. The nitrogen burned the crown and rotted off the stems. I tried to cut out the rotten portions and replanted the good crown that remained and they all came back this year without showing any signs of disease or rot. Watering with Miracle Gro can do the same thing, also if the plant has been constantly wet since planting that can encourage rot. Personally I would tug at those leaves to see if they are still attached. If they pull away easily I would dig it up, pull off the rotten eyes and replant the good portion. If the leaves are still attached and don't pull away easily then I would just pinch off the bad leaves and let it recover. If the soil is wet let it dry out before watering again. Hope that helps. Chris

A lot of good ideas, but I think it should be easily recognizable as a StarTrek baby. How about Voyager Enterprise Warp Speed Klingon Vulcan Peace Live And Prosper Starfleet Of course, I haven't checked existing names. Good luck. And put my name down for one of the plants, okay? Are you going to auction off one on First Look, so it is growing in at least one other garden? Sounds good to me. I'm ready to bid. :)