Hi, If I question a name, I look it up in Bryan or IPNI or someplace. Since that one came from Bob Werra, a master plantsman, and because I don't know much 'bout Glads (and nothin' 'bout birthin' babies), I plead persistent senile ignorance. ;<)) But I am thinking of trying some species gladiolus for the first time; they are so beautiful! Dell -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Sue Ittner Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:23 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] gladiolus Hi Arnold, The corms you got were from Bob Werra. He grows Gladiolus watsonius very successfully and there is a picture on the wiki of his plants in flower. It looks like this was just a spelling error that no one caught. I expect we all need to be a little more vigilant looking at the BX offerings. Sometimes I note something that looks like a questionable name or spelling and if I'm really busy don't send a message to the group about this. Dell no doubt just accepts the name the people give him. We can't expect him to research every name with all the time he puts in with the BX. Please help us get the names right everyone. I am also guilty of misspelling this plant on the wiki. It's not one I grow (although Bob has given me corms so that has changed) and I didn't look carefully at his spelling when I added his picture to the wiki. Thanks to your questioning we have cleared this up and I have made the correction. When we visited Diana, she had this species in bloom. It is really very pretty. I took a nice side view picture of it which I could add to the wiki unless Susan has a better one which she is planning to add. Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php