[Fwd: Re: gladiolus]
Arnold Trachtenberg (Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:41:29 PST)

I received this from a PBS member.

Arnold

http://ag.arizona.edu/~daves/glads.html
<http://ag.arizona.edu/%7Edaves/glads.html>

Gladiolus watsonius- A small plant producing a single round leaf. The
flower spike emerges from the base of the leaf. This species is a rather
vigorous, if dainty plant and in the second year has 6-8 bulblets
sprouting around the base of the main bulb. It blooms in early to mid
February (2/15/00 and 2/5/01) and has 2-3 buds. Each flower lasted 6-7
days. The flowers are burnt orange in color with the center of the
flower, especially the "hood" petal being a pale yellow with some
veining of the orange color. The flowers have no scent, are spidery in
form and span 3" in diameter. They are strongly zygomorphic