The little white nodules are cormlets - plant them and in 3-4 growing seasons they'll reach blooming size. The "baby bulb" is the new glad corm which will sprout and flower next season. The old shriveled corm on the bottom could have been removed (usually with a quick twist of the wrist) as it is spent and useless. No harm if you didn't remove it though.

In your zone glads can be left in all year around. We, here in the colder climes, would have to dig, dry and store them. Or, be lazy like myself and buy a bag of new corms in the spring of any year I want to have them in the garden.

They're lovely; I've primarily grown them for cutting... a sturdy crystal vase with a spray of the grandifloras is dynamite on the fireplace hearth.

Woohoo, I'm going to have a mass of red gladiolus in 4 years. That really pleases me. I have a red, orange, yellow theme going in my foundation beds and am slowly transplanting all of the purple irises that were there before. Those glads will definitely help fill in the bare spots when the time comes.

Thank you so much for the information.