Gladiolus byzantinus 'Texas Snowflurry'

patty allen prallen2@peoplepc.com
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:51 PDT
HI ALL,
 IF WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED TO ME AS BYZANTINUS GLADIOLUS IS IN  REALITY BYZANTINUS italicus, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PHOTO OF EACH: THE BYZANTINUS AND THE ITALICUS FLOWERS TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FLOWERS. DOES ANYONE GROW BOTH?


-----Original Message-----
>From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 1, 2010 5:37 PM
>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus byzantinus 'Texas Snowflurry'
>
>Hello Tony
>
>One of my colleagues grows the true G.byzantinus
>but not G.byzantinus albus
>If you want I can show you with a picture the difference
>in bulb shape to see the difference between italicus and byzantinus
>if you wand I can send you some bulbs
>
>I think the major mistake is made in the time the names where
>Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus var.byzantinus and
>Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus var.italicus
>later changed in
>Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. byzantinus
>Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. italicus
>and now as far as I know must be
>Gladiolus byzantinus
>Gladiolus italicus
>I think here is an easy misnaming possible
>
>
>Roland
>
>
>
>2010/9/1 Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com>
>
>> Angelo:
>>
>> Sorry for the slow response.  We got our original plants of this from Patty
>> Allen, so we both have the same clone.  I seem to recall that she got it
>> from a gardener in Texas and had someone to identify it as G. byzantinus.
>>  I
>> certainly agree that it looks and grows more like G. italicus.  If so, I'm
>> wondering if anyone actually has the true G. byzantinus.
>>
>>
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