theplantlist.org has Gladiolus × brenchleyensis Hort. ex Baker as an unresolved synonym published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 177. 1877. Which citation is available (though not as interesting as Jim's information) here: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/223458/ On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>wrote: > Paul asked about Gladiolus brenchleyensis. > > John Weathers, The Bulb Book, 1911,gives this information: "This brilliant > scarlet Gladiolus was raised about the year 1848, at Brenchley, by Mr > Hooker, and is practically a form of G. gandavensis. It, however, retains > its character so well and is so unlike the usual types of G. gandavensis, > which have the blood of more than two species in them, that it may well > receive separate mention. The flower-spikes, which appear before those of > G. gandavensis, are not nearly so heavy, and support them selves naturally > very well without stakes. " > > The Gladiolus gandavensis mentioned is a hybrid group which emerged about > a decade before G. brenchleyensis. > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the temperature early > this morning was 56 degrees F. > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >