Gladiolus pardalinus flower

The pale-yellow flower of Gladiolus pardalinus is two-lipped or laterally symmetrical, the corolla tube obliquely funnel-shaped and about 8 mm long.

The clawed, unequal tepals are speckled and striped red in parts. The dorsal tepal is largest, the two lateral pairs similar within pairs, the upper one bigger with pointed tips, the lower pair smaller, differently marked and round-tipped. The lowermost tepal is similar to the upper lateral pair.

The inferior ovary is ovoid. The flowers have a scent described as faintly acrid (Goldblatt and Manning, 1998; iNaturalist).