Back in 2003, I mentioned on the list that I'd just had the first flower from a hybrid bulb I'd crossed: Gladiolus gracilis x G. priorii. Cathy Craig suggested that I post a picture to the wiki, but I didn't have a digital camera at the time, so I never followed through. In the years since, I thought I had lost the hybrid. But this week there was a flower in a pot whose tag had been lost, and sure enough it was that hybrid again. This time I have a digital camera, so I posted a photo to the wiki. It's at the bottom of the Gladiolus hybrids page: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Gladiolus gracilis is pale blue, and G. priorii is scarlet. Their offspring has an appealing dark magenta color that's washed through the flower like watercolor paint. It's a pretty little thing. Mike San Jose, CA (where the hills look like Ireland after all this rain)