Gladiolus ‘Gallus’

Camden Park hybrid. (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid.  Hybrid No.11 of this cross.   ‘Flowered first time November and December 22nd, 1847, called now ‘Gallus’.  Flower very large and well shaped, colour orange scarlet, very brilliant with large purple and brown blotches on the lower lobes.  Robust scape with numerous flowers.  Very handsome.’  By 1848 this seedling had produced 1 large root and 8 offshoots.  Described in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 primarily in an entry dated December 23rd, 1847.  [MP A2948-5].