Can anyone ID this Iris-like plant.?

[lepanthes89]

Hi;
I photographed this wildflower in medium elevations in Ecuador,it grew on slopes by the road.
I took a bulb home, and its flowering now at home.
Obviously an Iris relative.
Any ideas?
thanks
spiro.

[johnblagg]

It looks like a tigrida but not quite sure.I am almost positive but just the bloom is not quite enough to tell ....tht leaves shold look almost identical to a iris but with the leaf blades along a stem instead of a fan at ground level

[lepanthes89]

No, sorry I should have described it more ;
The leaves are more or less like a Gladiolus,it stands about 1.5 feet tall, and it flowers consecutivaly from the same bud.
The flowers (in cult at least) last one day.

[johnblagg]

yep its a tigridia by that description ...THat is exactly how the foliage and blooms wold look and do

[Dorothy]

I was going to say .. toad lily ..

[johnblagg]

I dont think toad lily they do not have glad like foliage and bloomg along the stems

[Dorothy]

Aw nutz ...

[Country Gramma]

Dorothy...You crack me up!!!!!

Karen

[Dorothy]

.. dats me job ... hehehe