Hello Tony One of my colleagues grows the true G.byzantinus but not G.byzantinus albus If you want I can show you with a picture the difference in bulb shape to see the difference between italicus and byzantinus if you wand I can send you some bulbs I think the major mistake is made in the time the names where Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus var.byzantinus and Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus var.italicus later changed in Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. byzantinus Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. italicus and now as far as I know must be Gladiolus byzantinus Gladiolus italicus I think here is an easy misnaming possible Roland 2010/9/1 Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> > Angelo: > > Sorry for the slow response. We got our original plants of this from Patty > Allen, so we both have the same clone. I seem to recall that she got it > from a gardener in Texas and had someone to identify it as G. byzantinus. > I > certainly agree that it looks and grows more like G. italicus. If so, I'm > wondering if anyone actually has the true G. byzantinus. > > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com