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• Q . I planted acidanthera for the first time this year.
• Gladiolus and acidanthera corms are happiest at around 60 degrees.
• It was formerly placed in the genus " Acidanthera ".
• A . Acidanthera bicolor, the Abyssinian gladiolus, is now Gladiolus callianthus.
• Acidanthera, the Abyssinian gladiolus, is another daughter-maker that usually fails to rebloom.
• If planted in spring, Acidanthera will bloom in July and August, and sometimes until frost.
• Q : I planted fragrant gladiolus ( Acidanthera ) several years ago, but only two have bloomed.
• Acidanthera, from Africa, is like gladiolus, but has spikes of white, four-inch fragrant flowers with maroon throats.
• Acidanthera, which botanists place in the Gladiolus genus, looks like a species gladiolus, with flowers far more delicate than those big hybrid glads that show up in funeral parlors.
• Ixia, a South African native with starry six-petal flowers, is in the Iridaceae family ( like Acidanthera and Gladiolus ) and are similar in their graceful, understated habit.
• For easy transition, I grow some of the tinier bulbs, such as acidanthera ( Gladiolus callianthus ), in pots so that I'm sure to have an easily accessed supply for next year.
• Other lily substitutes to explore include calla lilies, which have become more popular since colored varieties were introduced; canna, which often has colored leaves; fragrant acidanthera, known as the peacock gladiolus; and fragrant hymenocallis.
• A : " Acidanthera bicolor " or " Gladiolus callianthus " is commonly called Abyssinian sword lily or peacock orchid and is supposedly a good perennial for most regions of the South, including coastal areas.
• The species is often still offered for sale under the name " Acidanthera bicolor ", sometimes with " murielae " added as an infraspecific name, or even as the cultivar name'Murielae '.
• If you yearn for fragrance as well, opt for acidanthera, recently redesignated as Gladiolus callianthus, with white maroon-marked nodding star-shaped blossoms on long spikes, a 19th-century heirloom that has slipped back into the limelight.
• But this year, treat yourself to something new and try uncommon summer bloomers like the peacock orchid ( Acidanthera bicolor ), a Mexican native whose pure white blooms have a dark purple center and sit atop 16-inch-high arching stems.