Camden Park hybrid.  Gladiolus tristis x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid.  Described in William Macarthur’s note books, in an entry dated December 23rd, 1847, as G. tristis-gandavensis No.2, that is hybrid No.2 of a cross between Gladiolus tristis and G. gandavensis.  ‘Large flowers, more expanded than Gandavensis, measuring 4 inches by 3 inches.  Colour reddish orange [word indistinct but probably] covered on the lower lobes with yellow and dark brown and purple blotches.  Robust and branching scapes 3 to 4 feet high with numerous flowers.  Very fine variety.’  By 1848 this prolific hybrid had produced 10 large roots and between 180 and 200 offsets.  [MP A2948-5].  It was referred to by Emily Macarthur in a letter to William.