HI ALL, IF WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED TO ME AS BYZANTINUS GLADIOLUS IS IN REALITY BYZANTINUS italicus, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PHOTO OF EACH: THE BYZANTINUS AND THE ITALICUS FLOWERS TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FLOWERS. DOES ANYONE GROW BOTH? -----Original Message----- >From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com> >Sent: Sep 1, 2010 5:37 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus byzantinus 'Texas Snowflurry' > >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 >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com/