Hi Paul: Your photographs look very much like the illustration in "Gladiolus in Southern Africa". If it's a summer growing species, I think G. mortonius is it. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Tyerman" <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au> To: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@earthlink.net>; "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus ochroleucus var macowanii ID? > At 06:53 9/04/03 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear Paul: > > > >According to Goldblatt & Manning's ""Galdiolus in Southern Africa" it is now > >G. mortonius. It is a summer rainfall species from the eastern Cape. > > > > Diana, > > Thanks for the update on the name. Do you know if my pics are correct > though? I am still trying to work out if they ARE what I had them labelled > (which I will change to G. mortonius once I am sure that they actually are). > > Does anyone grow this species and can confirm the ID? > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 > mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au > > Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, > Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything > else that doesn't move!!!!! > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php