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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Gladiolus MM 10-18

Seed parent: Gladiolus meliusculus
Pollen parent: G. tristis

MM 10-18a. The seed parent has bright salmony-pink flowers with a strong yellow area on the lower tepals. I wanted to get that color scheme on the tall, upright flower stem of G. tristis. The colors came out pastel, so I'll have to try for an F2 cross.

A few years later, one of the siblings of this cross bloomed and the colors were much richer:

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