Moraea MM 20-329

Seed parent: MM 17-110a (M. 'Zoe' x atropunctata) X (M. 'Zoe' offspring x ((atropunctata? x neopavonia) x (neopavonia x villosa)))

Pollen parent: MM 17-63b (atropunctata x (atropunctata x calcicola)) X (atropunctata x (atropunctata x calcicola)) 

This is one of the weirdest Moraea hybrids I've ever raised. The spots have a metallic sheen on them, and look almost impressed into the surface of the flower, like craters.

Check out the warty lumps on the inner tepals.

Moraea MM 20-319

Seed parent: Moraea calcicola

Pollen parent: MM 13-38a (M. neopavonia X villosa)

Hmmmm, this is not what I would expect from a cross between an orange flower and a pale purple one.

Moraea MM 20-310

Seed parent: MM 17-10a (M. tripetala x calcicola) X ('Zoe' x atropunctata)

Pollen parent: MM 17-07a (gigandra x loubseri) X ((aristata x calcicola) x tulbaghensis)

These flowers look a lot like hybrids with M. villosa form o, but that's not in the ancestry of this cross. I suspect these plants were mislabeled.

Moraea MM 20-240

Seed parent: MM 17-10a (M. tripetala x calcicola) X ('Zoe' offspring x atropunctata)

Pollen parent: MM 15-89a (villosa x tulbaghensis) X villosa

MM 20-240a. This cross between two heavily spotted hybrids produced a lovely flower with bright blue eyes in addition to all the nice spots.

Moraea MM 20-222

Seed parent: MM 17-10e (M. tripetala x calcicola) X ('Zoe' offspring x atropunctata)

Pollen parent: Moraea villosa form o

I made this cross because both parents have brightly colored style crests at the center of the flower. I wanted to see if I could get a hybrid with vivid style crests.

I think it worked in form a, but both flowers are very pretty and deserve further breeding.

MM 20-222a

MM 20-222b

Moraea MM 20-190

Seed parent: MM 17-10a (M. tripetala x calcicola) X ('Zoe' offspring x atropunctata)

Pollen parent: MM 16-40a (gigandra X neopavonia)

MM 20-190a. This one is splendid. The color contrast between the orange inner tepals and the white outer tepals is striking, the inner tepals are unusually large, and the flower has a lot of interesting speckles.

MM 20-190b. Not as spectacular as its sibling, but I like the contrast between the yellow central cup and the orange inner tepals.

Moraea MM 20-176

Seed parent: MM 15-73a (villosa x Homeria species)

Pollen parent: MM 13-41a 'Bonnie' (villosa selection with very nice blue eye)

MM 20-176a. There are absolutely awesome blue eyes on this plant, and a nice clean yellow cup. I wish the tepals had a darker color.