Gladiolus bojeri
Iridaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Gladiolus bojeri

Gladiolus bojeri

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitCorm
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed -sow thinly in a pot and grow on without transplanting for the first year. Pot up the small bulbs when they are dormant[1]. Division. Young corms can be separated from the parent plant and should be planted out 12 cm deep, spaced at 12cm. Deep planting helps the plants stay upright[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gladiolus+bojeri>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Useful Plants of Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Third Edition) — Paul Latham & Augustin Konda ku Mbuta · 2017 · ISBN 978-0-9554208-70 ↩︎An excellent publication, clear and precise by people who know their subject. Originally published in French, then translated into English and also made available in two parts in PDF format as a download from the internet.
  2. [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  3. [3]Adansonia Vol. 11 — Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris. · 1989 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Contains a monograph of the genus Gladiolus in Madagascar. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  5. [5]Madagascar. An Environmental Profile. — Jenkins M.D. (Editor) · World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Cambridge. · 1987 · ISBN 2-88032-607-9 ↩︎Contains a list of the Ethnobotanical uses of Madagascar plants.