Hello Tony I am interested in the 60 bulbs you have for sale but I am afraid the total price is not interesting maybe we can find a solution Roland 2010/9/3 Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> > Roland: > > Sorry for the slow reply. I agree that the corms of what we grow as G. > italicus matches those of G 'Snowflurries' more than it does those of G. > byzantinus. Now, if we can all find someone who has the real white G. > byzantinus. > > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three > times" - Avent > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of bulborum botanicum > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:37 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus byzantinus 'Texas Snowflurry' > > Hello Tony > > One of my colleagues grows the true G.byzantinus but not G.byzantinus albus > If you want I can show you with a picture the difference in bulb shape to > see the difference between italicus and byzantinus if you wand I can send > you some bulbs > > I think the major mistake is made in the time the names where Gladiolus > communis ssp. byzantinus var.byzantinus and Gladiolus communis ssp. > byzantinus var.italicus later changed in Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. > byzantinus Gladiolus byzantinus ssp. italicus and now as far as I know must > be Gladiolus byzantinus Gladiolus italicus I think here is an easy > misnaming > possible > > > Roland > > > > 2010/9/1 Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> > > > Angelo: > > > > Sorry for the slow response. We got our original plants of this from > > Patty Allen, so we both have the same clone. I seem to recall that > > she got it from a gardener in Texas and had someone to identify it as G. > byzantinus. > > I > > certainly agree that it looks and grows more like G. italicus. If so, > > I'm wondering if anyone actually has the true G. byzantinus. > > > > > -- > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com