Moraea MM 21-363

Seed parent: MM 13-149c ((M. atropunctata? x neopavonia) x gigandra) X (villosa x tulbaghensis)

Pollen parent: MM 15-80b (atropunctata x calcicola) X neopavonia

MM 21-363a. I like this one a lot. It reminds me of MM 10-02, which is one of its grandparents. But the immediate parents of this cross were white and pale purple, so how they yielded an orange flower is a bit of a mystery. I thought orange was a dominant characteristic.

Gladiolus MM 22-143a

Seed parent: MM 18-280c (G. bonaspei x tristis)

Pollen parent: MM 18-280 (G. bonaspei x tristis)

This is a fascinating flower. It's a sibling cross between two hybrids that have prominent red and yellow markings. I was expecting some variation on that color scheme, but instead it has the flower shape of G. bonaspei with the plain cream coloring of G. tristis. It's an elegant look.

I guess this means the plain cream coloring was lurking in the background as a recessive. I had naively assumed that the cream color would blend away with further crosses, kind of like mixing paint, but of course that's not how genetics works.

MM 22-143a

Gladiolus MM 21-488

Seed parent: MM 17-46a ((G. gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus) X ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii) x venustus)

Pollen parent: MM 15-38c (G. violaceo-lineatus x (gracilis x priorii)) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus))

MM 21-488a

MM 21-488b

Gladiolus MM 21-408

Seed parent: MM 17-60d (G. gracilis x priorii) x unknown) X ((gracilis x priorii) x (gracilis x priorii))

Pollen parent: MM 17-62d ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) x carinatus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

MM 21-408a

Gladiolus MM 21-397

Seed parent: MM 15-36e ((G. gracilis x priorii) x carinatus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x carinatus)

Pollen parent: MM 15-83g ((gracilis x priorii) x unknown) X patersoniae

MM 21-397a. Gorgeous colors. Too bad it's such a small flower.

Gladiolus MM 21-345

Seed parent: MM 15-36b ((G. gracilis x priorii) x carinatus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x carinatus)

Pollen parent: MM 17-62a ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) x carinatus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

MM 21-345a

Gladiolus MM 20-153

Seed parent: MM 11-21f ((G. gracilis x priorii) x unknown)

Pollen parent: MM 12-135b ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) X venustus

MM 20-153a