Dear Alberto, Wow! Have I ever been growing them in too small pots! No wonder they grow slowly and bloom sparsely. Alberto, thanks very much for you comments. I'll repot them into 5-gallon containers next spring. I have looked in Goldblatt's Gladiolus of Southern Africa book, and have never had a "saundersii" bloom that looked at all like his illustration of saundersii. I must conclude that all mine have been and are oppositiflorus salmoneus. I guess I'll have to keep trying new batches of seed of saundersii until I hit it. Anybody want a few small seedling corms of oppositiflorus salmoneus? (The operative word is "small".) If anyone has a source or supply of seeds of real Gladiolus saundersii, for sale or swap, please contact me. Jim Shields in central Indiana, where we are once again tantalized with vague promises of a little rain ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925