This is Gladiolus watsonioides in its finest form, once known as G. mackinderi. It is one of the outstanding plants of Mt Kenya. I am currently selecting images for my talk 'Switchbacks Yes, Suburbs No: Alpines in Tropical Africa' which I'll be presenting at the NARGS Western Winter Study Weekend in Medford, Oregon, on Saturday March 6th - more details available from: http://nargs.org/images/stories/… Gladiolus watsonioides will be one of the plants I'll be speaking about. John Grimshaw Snowdrops at Colesbourne Park 2010 Every Saturday and Sunday from 30 January to 28 February http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ Visit John Grimshaw's Garden Diary http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/ Dr. John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark McDonough" <antennaria@charter.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:58 PM Subject: [pbs] Gladiolus ID wanted > On the recently initiated North American Rock Garden Society Forum (an > online community... try it, it's great!), a Norwegian member took a couple > photos of a Gladiolus species he found growing in almost pure volcanic > rock a few places on Mt Kenya, and is hoping to get an identification. I > can think of no better place than here to find Gladiolus specialists. > Here are two links. > > http://nargs.org/smf/index.php/… > http://nargs.org/smf/index.php/… > > Thank you, > > Mark McDonough > Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border, USDA Zone 5 > antennaria@charter.net > http://www.plantbuzz.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/