Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Have we done white?, 1 by wind

wind wrote:
I just got this cutting from my friend and it is GORGEOUS! It has a wonderful strong pleasant fragrance too. It is a Peacock Orchid; Gladiolus callianthus. I found out it used to be called Acidanthera bicolor.

It was growing in a patch in the corner of her vegetable garden ~ blooming now, late season. It makes wonderful cut flowers :) I'm going to try it next yr for sure. It originated in East Africa and it would have to dug up and over wintered, I guess similar to dahlia tubers, only they are corms.