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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: ashley on April 23, 2019, 11:26:17 PM
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Gladiolus italicus
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Enjoying a holiday, Ashley? 8)
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... and inevitably botanizing as we wander ;D
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An old photo but it was the first time flowering for this species : Gladiolus splendens (seeds from SHS...)
They are also nearly totaly faded but also first flowering time for Gladiolus triphylus (seeds from V. Pilous), a very small gladiolus
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Again, first time flowering, and I'm very proud of it : Gladiolus watsonioides (seeds from Seedy business)
I meet this gladiolus in 2005 in Mt Aberdare in Kenya. Such a lovely plant with nodding flower of bright red. It takes me some time to find a source to buy it. I finally get seeds which germinate well and now flowers ;D Well, it's not as nice as in nature but I'm happy to get it and to know that it comes from Mt Kenya.
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And now, the same species (Gladiolus watsonioides) from Mt Aberdare...
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Flowering now Gladiolus 'Gonolek', a cardinalis hybrid. Bought as a growing plant from Kevin Hughes (Cally Gardens) at the Perth SRGC show in April. I did not expect it to flower this year and was excited to see a flower spike starting.
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A few summer growing gladioli
G.oligophlebius
G. flanaganii
G.dalenii
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I grew seeds named as Gladiolus papilio 'Ruby' many times, but none flowered red.
The corms I bought from Kelly Dodson's Far Reaches Farm in Port Townsend, Washington, have flowered - a rich deep red. I had plans to save seeds and send them to the seed exchange, but my neighbourhood deer just ate them. I'll replant them inside my deer fence, so next year I should have seeds to donate.
Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Gladiolus brachyphylus
Very small and delicate flowers
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Two forms of gladiolus oppositflorus. Top one from Lesotho
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My first winter growing gladioli!
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Paul:
Which is it.
G. alatus or G. equitans?
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Arnold - I bought it as a bulb and as Gladiolus pulcherrimus! I’m pretty sure it’s alatus though- yet no scent that I can detect. It’s fairly diminutive too. Not that I havnt got a crush on it, lol
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Paul
Right on the rose scented Gladiolus pulcherrimus.
Goldblatt states it is easily confused with G. alatus. Look at the leaf.
"Gladiolus pulcherrimus has a plane ( sp), glabrous leaf blades that lack prominent venation. The leaves of G. alatus always have strongly raised veins with a scabridulous edge."