At first sight I prefer to diagnose microscopical eel worms (nematodes); see Pratylencus scribneri and perhaps Pratylenchus jordanensis - which are responsible for this kind of lesions, provided that other animals can be excluded. My initial recommendation would be to cut all these damaged roots away and treat the bulb with an appropiate nematicidal agent. Phosphorous organic agents with systemic properties should be helpfull. But please note: This is a preliminary answer only - may be a more concise one will follow. Hans-Werner

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The bulb is potentially dangerous, other parts may be if eaten in quantitiy. One toxic chemical is lycorine. If he's like my bird he didn't actually eat it, he just chewed it up. How is he acting? Birds can vomit so if it's too upsetting he will just vomit it up. Lycorine in small doses causes salivation, vomiting & diarrhoea, in larger amounts central paralysis and collapse. Reports of serious poisoning are rare and mostly rather old. Recent statistics only show cases of ingestion with at most slight symptoms. Animal poison control 1-800-213-6680 I think the fees start at $35.00. Sorry I don't have any information on birds and ingestion of amaryllis. Sounds like he should be OK though. Make sure he has fresh water and some food available. Tally HO! reference: A colour atlas of Poisonous plants and micromedix.

Well, I can't say that it looks like Mosaic virus to me. It looks to me to be something strong that was sprayed on the plant... perhaps some insect control or too strong a mixture of fertilizer that was sprayed on the leaves and perhaps the sun burned the leaves? This is just my opinion, perhaps others will have a better answer for you. Donna