Unknown bulbs

Earlier in the year this area had a few groups of yellow crocus, then about a month ago a few allium drumsticks (the small flowering ones) appeared. This was surrounded by a massive clump of what I presumed to be couch grass and various other rubbish from the bird feeder above. I was right about the couch grass, but is also found these...



Would like to know what they are and what to do with them please.

 

They're corms, but what for it would be impossible to say. Most likely candidates are Crocosmia, Gladioli or Acidanthera.

 

Corn size far too small to be gladioli, foliage too short and not 'sharp' enough to be crocosmia. Hmm. Whatever they are there was no sign of flowers, possibly due to their age or overcrowding?

 

Gladioli corms vary significantly in size.
Anyway, take the oldest (spent) corms off and plant the rest back up (aim for at least a couple of back corms in the chain if possible as they act as food storage organs), marking the spot and see what you have next year.

 

I'd say that they are Monbretia, Crocosmia as they are currently known. Just the basic orange flowering variety not the stunning Red Lucifer or Yellow varities.