Randy. I think you may have Gladiolus carmineus. It's pink and flowers in the fall before the leaves emerge. Check out the listing on the PBS wiki. Eugene Zielinski eez55@earthlink.net Rapid City, SD > [Original Message] > From: Randall P. Linke <randysgarden@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 10/6/2012 1:29:58 PM > Subject: [pbs] Mystery Gladiolus > > I found this gladiolus this morning growing out of a large clump of Crinum > moorei. The only reference to something similar from seeds I had planted > that could be old enough to flower is G. caryophyllaceus, however it > flowers in the spring. Does any one have any thoughts on an ID? The stem > is gray-green, and no leaves are present. > > I've been contemplating dividing the Crinum moorei as it is in a very large > and now very crowded tub and they have not bloomed for two years. Does > anyone have a recommendation on the best time to do this. I would be > inclined at this point to wait until spring if this gladiouls proves to be > a winter grower. > > Also, very happy that all of the Paramongaia weberbauri seeds germinated! > Now to keep them alive. Not having as good of luck with the Scadoxus > cyrtanthiflorus but they may yet do something. > > Randy > Monterey Bay Region, California > > -- > * > * > * > * > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/