Nancy, hi. Sorry I've been gone so long; I'm recovering from a icky head cold.

Yes, you have my permission to use my photo. I could email it to you if you like, or post it in my Flickr album.

Korina

Speaking of freaky things showing up where they shouldn't, I just posted in the Gesneriad forum about fungus growing among the roots of my S. speciosa!

Korina, nervous about the rest of my plants

Korina = I just posted the reply on the ges forum - it is soil mealies.

I.

And I just posted a reply -- it's not.

K.

Thanks for the permission to use the photo, Korina. It's on soil mealy bugs, by the way and your picture shows very well what they look like.

Also your photo proves the point that a plant with soil mealies can also be in great bloom!

Send a pic with your problem speciosa. Maybe we can get a diagnosis.

Nancy