Tribe Ixieae | Subfamily Ixioideae Genus Gladiolus Rank Species | |
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Similar Gladiolus carneus, Gladiolus alatus, Gladiolus papilio, Gladiolus cardinalis, Gladiolus crassifolius | ||
Gladiolus dalenii is one of the most widely distributed species of gladiolus, ranging from eastern South Africa and Madagascar throughout tropical Africa and into western Arabia. It is the main parental species of the large flowering grandiflora hybrids. This species is also unusual in its genus in including diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid races. The hybrids produced from it are often tetraploids.
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Appearance
It produces five tall flower spikes of yellow to scarlet flowers, often streaked red over a yellow ground color, generally with a yellow throat.
Cultivation
It prefers a light sandy neutral to slightly acid soil with a pH between 6.5 and 7 in a sunny sheltered position and requires a stony gritty loam.
References
Gladiolus dalenii Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA