I've purchased these gladioliI (Acidanthera gladiolus) in the past a few times and never had any bloom. This year I bought a huge bag of them from Costco and planted them in a big wine barrel with new potting soil ( or at least a thick layer of new soil on the existing stuff in the barrel) and after months if waiting here is a single bloom.
It's pretty, and it looks like there may be a few additional flowers developing, but I'm not sure they were worth the effort. They seem very finicky about their water. I also planted some additional bulbs in other containers that have been attacked by some sort of pest. Those poor bulbs definitely won't be flowering this year.
Acidanthera gladiolus (also called Gladiolus callianthus or Gladiolus callianthus muriela).
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