Edwin Giesbers / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus illyricus) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Wild gladiolus flower (Gladiolus illyricus) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Wild gladiolus flower (Gladiolus illyricus) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) in flower after rain, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) close-up of flowers covered in raindrops, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) flowering in meadow, Liechtenstein, June 2009 WWE BOOK Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) close-up of flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus sp) plants flowering in meadow, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Gladiolus (Gladiolus imbricatus) flowers, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus sp) in flower, Cartaya, Andalucia, Spain, April 2009

Tony Phelps / Blou Afrikaner (Gladiolus carinatus) deHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Spoon flower or Lippypie (Gladiolus cunonius) DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Field Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus / segetum) a plant of cultivation disappearing with intensive cultivation, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Field Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus / segetum) a plant of cultivation disappearing with intensive cultivation, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Robert Thompson / Wild Gladiolius (Gladiolius illyicus) and other flowers growing on stoney ground. Peljesac peninsula near Orebic, Croatia, May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Gladiolus ecklonii Lehm in flower, Malolotja Nature Reserve, Swaziland, South Africa

Edwin Giesbers / Wild gladiolus flowers (Gladiolus illyricus) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Edwin Giesbers / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus illyricus) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Edwin Giesbers / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus illyricus) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers covered in raindrops, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers covered in raindrops, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) plants in flower after rain, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flower with raindrops on petals, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Girls holding Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers picked from the fields, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Close-up of Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) petals covered in raindrops, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2009

Niall Benvie / Wild gladiolus {Gladiolus sp} Andalucia, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus sp) plants flowering, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus sp) in flower, Cartaya, Andalucia, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus sp) in flower, Cartaya, Andalucia, Spain, April 2009

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers, Ghubrah Bowl, Oman.

David Tipling / Wild gladiolus {Gladiolus illyricus} UK

Nick Upton / Gladiolus in flower, Crete, Greece

Peter Blackwell / {Gladiolus watsonioides} in flower beside stream Mount Kenya Kenya