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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Neil J on February 04, 2020, 08:51:49 AM

Title: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: Neil J on February 04, 2020, 08:51:49 AM

Could someone please identify this Gladiolus. It flowers here in early spring.[attachimg=1][attachimg=1]

Title: Re: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on March 02, 2020, 04:16:21 PM

perhaps Gladiolus gracilis?

https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Gladiolus (https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Gladiolus)

Title: Re: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 03, 2020, 09:15:04 AM

This is Gladiolus gracilis I raised from seed from Gordon Summerfield,
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: Karaba on March 03, 2020, 09:31:03 AM

I would say one of these G. patersoniae, G.bullatus or G. rogersii

Title: Re: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on March 03, 2020, 10:16:35 AM

Fermi,
 Is Gladiolus gracilis growing fast?
 I sowed the seeds around January. 4 germinated  immediately and some are already making me a second leaf!
 it changes from Gladiolus watermeyerii, which still only gives me a single cylindrical leaf after 3 years! ::)

Title: Re: Gladiolus ID Please
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 03, 2020, 12:45:39 PM

Quote from: Véronique Macrelle on March 03, 2020, 10:16:35 AM

Fermi,
 Is Gladiolus gracilis growing fast?
...

Hi Véronique,
I sowed the seeds in 2010 and I think the first flowers were in 2015; I think it has flowered each year since then,
cheers
fermi