Need help to ID an orchid

[Penniman]

Thank's to all who got on and gave their time and shared information on this orchid. I would love to find the name. It has been fun on the forum also.

[kiwiorchids]

Anyone who says its an orchid is not correct. Sorry guys, i found it is a Gladiolus-Gladiolus byzantinus or a related species.

Very pretty though, i would have dug it up and put it in my garden! Does it have strap like leaves similar to a Gladiolus?

[Penniman]

Kiwiorchids Thank You I went and found them Gladiolus byzantinus so you solved my mystry.

[kiwiorchids]

No problem, happy to help Keep an eye out though, Spiranthes are apparently abundant in the US as well as a few other terrestrials...im just trying to remember them all!

[espranch]

Even though it's not an orchid...it is very pretty! Keep your eyes open, though, we do have a lot of native orchids that grow here;( the U.S.A. ) even up North where it gets a hard freeze in the Winter...Betty

[kiwiorchids]

yea, i gotta keep an eye out for the species glads in stores. mostly we get the big floofy hybrids though.