The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley has Gladiolus aureus, also from Ernie DeMarie ex Kirstenbosch. It flowers in March in Berkeley. According to BGCI PlantSearch, it's being grown at six other gardens at this time (these are not listed by name unless you are a member of BGCI): https://plantsearch.bgci.org/taxon/44586/ Cheers, Holly Forbes On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: PBS website contact:///Gladiolus/ aureus (moomoomoon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:33:15 -0700 > From: moomoomoon <humminggard@gmail.com> > To: Bulb Society Pacific <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Fwd: PBS website contact:///Gladiolus/ aureus > Message-ID: > < > CAO4AE3MgSaS_R1ED6syqHvMsgFtev--vUCU8t8OOOgEfwsu6nw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello All, > > Please see the attached email regarding Gladiolus aureus and if possible > write to Adam (adamwelz@protonmail.com) in regards to his project. Your > support is appreciated, thank you! > > Lindsey > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Apache <apache@pacificbulbsociety.org> > Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 3:36?AM > Subject: PBS website contact:///Gladiolus/ aureus > To: <humminggard@gmail.com> > > > > This is a message from the PBS website for sxmanager. > > Hi, > > I am a South African conservationist and author, based in Cape Town, who is > launching a conservation project in the last known range of Gladiolus > aureus, which now appears to be extinct in the wild. (We have surveyed the > last known sites for the species over the last 3 years and found nothing.) > > I have a quick question for you: Do any of your U.S. members still have > Gladiolus aureus in their collection? > > I look forward to hearing back from you. > > Best, > > Adam Welz > > --- > Adam Welz > conservationist, writer, photographer > > Founder of the South Peninsula Nature Alliance > > Author of The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown > > *A New Yorker Best Book of the Year > *A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice > *A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year (American Library > Association) > > Cape Town, South Africa > +27 73 735 3043 <+27%2073%20735%203043> <+27%2073%20735%203043> > http://www.adamwelz.com/ > Bluesky: @adamwelz.bsky.social > Instagram: @adamwelz.wild > Facebook: @adamwelz.wild > iNaturalist: @adamwelz > > sent by: Adam Welz <adamwelz@protonmail.com> > > -- > Pacific Bulb Society web site > email: website@pacificbulbsociety.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 114, Issue 9 > *********************************** > -- Holly Forbes, Curator (retired) (she, her, hers) University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Dr. Berkeley, CA 94720-5045 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…