Wednesday 14 May 2014

Sudden rosette death

Occasionally and apparently healthy rosette on one or another of my houseleeks will suddenly turn yellow or orange and die very quickly, over just a few days.  Rosettes nearby are unaffected.  The affliction does not spread from a given point: the whole rosette suddenly capitulates.

Below is an example on Sempervivum ‘Sir William Lawrence’ with one rosette affected

DSCN3206 Sepervivum Lawrence diseased rosette

I would be grateful if anyone can tell me what this condition is, though I somehow doubt there is any way of stopping it and it only affects single rosette a few times each year..

1 comment:

  1. I've experienced this! Probably one a year on average will all of a sudden go "crispy" and die. But as you say, the others around it will be fine.

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