Gladioli liliaceus, another Spring flowering Winter growing species. It's kept in an unheated greenhouse and seems to have done rather well. Thin wispy foliage like G tristis, as usual pollen from my Summer flowering has already been put to it.
The first batch of over a hundred pots have been sown in litre pots this weekend. The seeds are mostly my Glads crossed with the pollen from Gladioli Tristis, but lots from Toffolo and Bizzaro as well. These will be placed in my unheated greenhouse until the first shoots appear. Only covered if there is a chance of frost.
Updated: Feb 3, 2021
Late in 2020, I was sent some seeds from Michael Mace in California. Michael specialises in Morae's, but dabbles in Winter flowering Gladioli too. G Tristis being part of his breeding but also G Tristis X G Huttonii, commonly known as Homoglads. There are other species in the mix as well. I eventually intend to try pollinating them with frozen pollen from my summer flowering plants and any of my G Tristis hybrids. I have included a few pictures of his plants and this is his website. https://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2017/06/welcome.html
