Byzantine?

I was given permission to dig bulbs up at an old homestead. Is this a byzantine glad? It was mixed in with a St. Josephs lily and the most incredible smelling white rose.
thanks
jen

Looks like one to me. =) Mine look just like that.

Lucky you, you made quite a haul!

Cheri'

There are 3 very similar species of Glads that have have naturalized in the US. G. communis byzantinus, G. italicus and G. illyricus, all have the rosey coloured flower and the white markings, they also hybridize.

G. illyricus
http://www.pharmakobotanik.de/systematik/7_bilder/c920/C92-1760.jpg

G. italicus
http://www.internatura.uji.es/guias/plantas/gladiolo_de_campo.html

G. communis byzantinus
http://www.cp4.hctx.net/mercer/inbloom/april/mp07lgapr.htm

Yep, Byzantine.............just like the ones given to me by a dear friend.

"eyes"

ok ladies, i put the gladiola byzantine and st. josephs lily into the database and came up with nothing. what are these? that flower sure is pretty.
debi z

Debi here's the PDB entry :) http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1054/

here is the St. Joseph lily
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/56501/

Both wonderful, old fashioned, pass along plants. =)

Cheri'

i just put some hardy gladiolus in my garden last year. they are a mix and have such pretty colors. i really like them.

i also have an amarylis, ? which one, that a friend sent me for my birthday. well it arrived frozen 2 times, so then harry and david's sent me a planter with 3 bulbs in it. they bloomed on 18" stems. each bulb produced 2 stalks of flowers with 3 buds each. the last blossom opened 2 days ago. they have been blossoming for 51 days now. i can't believe that indoors, with a warm house temps and such it lasted this long and beautiful the whole time. it was just what the doctor ordered to have these flowers as i waited for the weather to warm here.