I've noticed that a pot of Gladiolus "primulinus" I have looks fairly similar to the G. x-gandavensis I have growing out in the garden. Note that the gandavensis are hardy outdoors in the ground here in central Indiana (USDA cold zone 5). I have not had the courage to test my primulinus outdoors in the ground. Jim McK., are yours outdoors in the ground year-round? I have a couple surviving G. oppositiflorus saundersii that have survived many years (i.e., 5 to 10) outdoors in the ground all year round in my garden. Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 10:50 AM 8/17/2009 -0400, you wrote: >....... >I'm growing a beautiful hybrid glad called 'Halley" or 'Nanus Halley'. Other >than being a glad, it has little in common with the other "nanus" hybrids I >know. > >What it suggests to me is what in the old days were known as "primulinus >hybrids", a group characterized by soft pastel colors including pale yellows >and oranges. This group had another characteristic: the uppermost tepal >tended to droop down a bit, as if to protect the stamens and stigma from >rain. My 'Halley' also shows this characteristic. And it's like the old >primulinus hybrids in another respect: the tall (thirty inch) scapes are >gracefully flexuous and have widely spaced individual flowers. >....... >Jim McKenney ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA