species Gladioli

hi all

Does anyone grow species Gladioli and have bulbs to spare?

I have a few species but they are young plants and I've only seeds spare right now

is Gladioli and gladiolus the same thing? or is it a different species??? if they are the same i have a bunch of cormels from my bulbs this year... some are the size of large marbles and downsize from that...i doubt that they will bloom this summer but might the following summer... here is a pic of the yellow ones...I wish i would have taken pics of all of them in full bloom.. they were beautiful!!! i dont know their names but i have two different colors peach and yellow... although i dont know which ones are which..lol...i just had them mixed together and when they died down i couldnt tell which ones were which colors... but if u want some of those i got a some for ya.. let me know...
chrissy

Gladioli is sometimes used as a plural for Gladiolus, so they're pretty much the same. From what I've read, marble-sized cormels should bloom in a year or two, and anything smaller (down to pea-sized) should bloom in 2-3 years. Any confirmations?

Gladiolus = Gladioli

But Mark is looking for species, not hybrid. Most of what we grow is hybrid, bred for showy color and form (a good thing) but they don't come true from seed. (correct me if I'm wrong here ...)

All I have is hybrid, and very little of that.

Cheri'

yes Gladioli is plural for Gladiolus and yes I'm looking for species not garden cultivars.

thanks for the input anyway

this is Gladiolus uysiae

That gladiolus is spectacular...so exotic. I don't have any species, but found a grower in the states that offers a few.
http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/page10.html

Agrinerd I know the person who owns the mail order company. Here orders closed a couple of months back. Thanks anyway

hi cheri... what kind of hybrid do u have? did u dig urs up to see if there are any cormels? if u would like some of mind i can send u them unless u dont like the colors... i got a bunch of hit parade seeds from a very nice lady over at GW .... i planted only two seeds to see if i could get them to sprout... well they sprouted and are still growing.. now if i let them die down could it be possible they would bloom this summer or next summer... i am new at the starting bulbs from seed... also i bought some seeds off of ebay they dont look like the hybrid glads... there is salmon glad. , and yellow and lavender glad.... have u ever seen a "true" blue glad??? i saw on a sight posted on the bulb forum, on their downloadable catalog , they have a bunch of blue named glads descibing them as sky blue and pale light blue... so IS there a true blue glad...any info would be helpful...thanx
chrissy

This message was edited Nov 20, 2003 11:32 AM