Gina1960 said: Your plant looks either virused, or possibly nutritionally deficient. Unfortunately, in the past year, there have been multiple incidents of virused M. adonsonii appearing in box stores.
I would isloate that plant completely away from all my other plants, and don;t cut it to propagate it...its extremely common for a virus to blow up on a plant when it gets cut
I put a clear plastic bag over the whole ensemble, plant and pot, for now to isolate it from my other plants.
How do I tell if it's a mosaic virus? None of the other Adansonii I looked at were particularly sickly looking, and this plant has quite a few new leaves growing on it that look healthy. I spent 3 hours last night looking at forums and watching videos and still no good examples of what mosaic virus looks like on this plant! It seems like every time a plant with a few yellow spots shows up people immediately assume it's mosaic virus and throw it out. I don't want a diseased plant in my space, but I don't want to assume it's mosaic and throw out or return the plant if it's just a simple nutrient deficiency, or actual variegation.
