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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Ophrys on January 27, 2021, 07:50:38 AM
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Growing Gladiolus from seeds is a game of patience. This late autumn and beginning winter two species of Gladiolus germinated, five of five seeds of Gladiolus alatus und one of five seeds of Gladiolus floribundus. I keep them in an unheated but frost-free greenhouse. The temperatures drop down to 1 °C. The Gladiolus floribundus grew much faster than Gladiolus alatus. But I guess both will cost me a lot of patience until the first flowers.
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it already looks big for a seedling of the year.
I succeeded in making a Gladiolus tristis flower the second spring after germination in January.
its single leaf was 20 cm high before drying and its bulb 3 mm wide at the most during the rest period; if it starts glass, there is hope.
unfortunately my success ended there,
I have since lost my biggest gladiolus tristis by trying to leave them in the ground and I can no longer grow the new ones that germinate.
Is there a disease that causes gladiolus to dry out early or die?
but some species are very slow
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The Gladiolus floribundus is 19 cm high and looks like a small Gladiolus. When I grow bulbs from seeds, I don't pick the corms out of the soil in the first year normally. I let the corms rest in the substrate and keep the pot dry or nearly dry. So I have no clue about the size of the corms.
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moi non plus, je ne les sors pas du pot, normalement, mais je suis trop curieuse. ;D
voila mon résultat de semis en une saison de croissance
sorry ;D
I don't normally take them out of the pot either, but I'm too curious. ; D
this is my sowing result in one growing season
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Regrettable I don't speek French. ??? But google helps! ;)
Yeah, the curiosity is a big problem for me too! But mostly I can controll it!
A lot of young G. tristis!!!
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Gladiolus saundersii first flowering!
Grown from SRGC Seedex 2017 seed sown in April 2018
cheers
fermi
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magnificent!
I still have to progress to make them develop faster and flourish!
I succeeded in tristis and carneus in 1 and 2 years, and flanaganii in 3 years, the others do not grow enough!
and even species that are already well developed, I do not always manage to make them flower
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G. saundersii is a summer growing species and quite easy to grow, far easier than any winter growing species (species that Fermi manage to grow well also) !
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Dear Mr Fermi de Sousa, ein großer Erfolg und schöne Fotos!
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Dear Mr Fermi de Sousa, ein großer Erfolg und schöne Fotos!
Vielen Dank!
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The strange flowers of Gladiolus splendens (raised from seeds).
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wow, you finally get nice results !
it is really a beautiful species
there is a second bud in preparation at each bract?
how many years to reach flowering?
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It flowered for the first time 2 years ago. Don't remember when I sowed it but it's not the slowest and it's multiplying well. One of the most easy winter growing species that I grow.
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Seems like their on the same time table over on this side of the Atlantic
Gladiolus splendens
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A very sweetly scented Gladiolus alatus.
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This might be a species
galddie gladdie but has the look of a hybrid - but a dwarf version of the "Edna Everage" type.
I got it last month at our group's Plant Swap, already in bud.
Anyone recognise it?
The last pic shows it with a tape measure to give an indication of its size
cheers
fermi
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Galddie eh! Is that a new one?
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Last year the seed-raised Gladiolus angustus flowered for the first time. This year it flowered again und very abundant.
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Gladiolus gracilis grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield,
cheers
fermi
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Gladiolus gracilis grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield,
cheers
fermi
Excellent blue, fermi!
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And a pink one : Gladiolus scabridus
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Gladiolus 'Ruby'
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That's a lovely rich colour Gail, enhanced by the water droplets.
The form resembles papilio but ecklonii is sometimes mentioned too. Is the parentage of 'Ruby' known?
Sown in January 2018 as something else & flowering now for the first time, what looks to me like G. priorii.
Confirmation or other suggestions welcome.
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