Gladiolus byzantinus 'Texas Snowflurry'
patty allen (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:51 PDT)

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?

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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.

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