New Gladiolus species and Romulea species to the wiki
Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:40:40 PDT)

Cameron McMaster responded privately to my post as he had just seen
and photographed Gladiolus mutabilis in the Eastern Cape where it
more usually grows. In flower in the same place was Gladiolus
patersoniae and he sent me photos of both for the wiki which I have
added. It was interesting to hear that these two species are blooming
at the same time in two different locations. Gladiolus patersoniae is
pollinated by long tongued bees and perhaps they also pollinate G.
mutabilis. One wonders if there would be hybrids in these areas
between the two species. Thanks to Cameron and Rachel you can see the
variation in both of these species which illustrates how challenging
it is to identify a species from a photo.