The 3-foot-tall, sword-like leaves of peacock orchid (Gladiolus murielae) are topped by spikes of sweetly perfumed flowers with a distinctive dark burgundy blotch. This native of east Africa is not reliably hardy in Chicago-area gardens. Gardeners may purchase corms in their local garden center, online, or dig and store their existing corms at the end of the season in a frost-free environment. Replant the corms in spring after the last danger of frost has passed.

This species was reclassified as Gladiolus murielae by botanists in 1973 but is still frequently sold in the nursery trade under the old name of Acidanthera bicolor var. murielae.