Gladiolus ochroleucus

Quick Characteristics:

Gladiolus ochroleucus Baker grows in grasslands and light bush or woodland in the Eastern Cape, occurring in areas with year round rainfall and in those areas is often evergreen. Flowers are either shades of pink, sometimes light purple or reddish, or whitish or yellow flushed brownish on the reverse. The dorsal tepal is hooded. The lower tepals are white in the lower half sometimes with dark red-purple median streaks. Height range: 40-80 cm. It flowers in summer and is pollinated by long tongued bees. Photos below were taken January 2008 by Cameron McMaster near Morgan Bay and the mouth of the Kei River in the Eastern Cape.

The photos below were taken near Morgan Bay by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner.