Gladiolus ‘Victor’

Camden Park hybrid. (Gladiolus cardinalis x G. tristis) x Gladiolus x gandavensis hybrid.  Hybrid No.17 of this cross.  ‘Flowered first time in December 1847.  Flowers large and well shaped, of pink lilac colour with large brilliant purple blotches on the lower lobes.  Promising to be robust.  Very handsome and new.’  By 1848 it had produced 2 large roots and 18 offshoots.  Described in Macarthur’s notebook no.5 primarily in an entry dated December 23rd, 1847.  [MP A2948-5].