Moraea mm 11-161

Seed parent: MM 99-00b (atropunctata x neopavonia?)
Pollen parent: MM 03-99a (neopavonia x villosa)

This cross was pure experiment; I wanted to see what would happen if I crossed these two orange hybrids.

MM 11-161A is about what you'd expect: it looks like a pale form of Moraea neopavonia.

MM 11-161B was a huge surprise. In person it's more of a mahogany color than this photograph suggests, but still it feels like a step in the path to a red Moraea.