PlantFiles Pictures: Abyssinian Gladiolus, Peacock Orchid (Gladiolus callianthus), 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Hi sedum37,

They have done very well, I put 7 corms in an 11" internal diameter pot, with sloping sides and 10" tall. I placed them fairly deep, about 3" down.

I placed the other 7 in the ground, they are half the size and not flowering, but it was a very dry, hot summer and they are on the top of a slope. Those in the pot of course had a better growing medium, I use gritty soil, leaf mould and moss peat compost. They are 50" tall to the top of the tallest flower bud.

I got a full size pic, a little overexposed and an apple fell on the greenhouse roof so there's a gaping hole!