Moraea MM 15-95

Seed parent: MM 10-03d 
Pollen parent: MM 10-16d

I crossed a reddish flower with a mauvey flower, and the result was purpley-mauve flowers.

MM 15-95a

MM 15-95b

A couple of siblings...

Moraea MM 15-94

Seed parent: Moraea calcicola
Pollen parent: MM 11-17a

I like the pale orange ring around the eye.

It's curious that a cross of two purple flowers turned out white. I love the little purple streaks coming out of the tip of the eye in the one below.

Moraea MM 15-92

Seed parent: MM 03-05a
Pollen parent: MM 11-135c

Gladiolus MM 15-83

Seed parent: MM 11-21d
Pollen parent: Gladiolus patersoniae

A marvelous cross! Each plant has a different mix of pastel colors. These flowers have the height and bud count of G. tristis, making them twice the size of many of my other Glad hybrids. I feel like this is the right direction for my Gladiolus breeding.

MM 15-83a

MM 15-83b

MM 15-83c

MM 15-83e. Wow, this has a very nice color and very complex markings.

MM 15-83f. Beautiful pale peach upper tepals with thin purple veins, and a huge splash of strawberry red below. When I first saw this one I nicknamed it "strawberry surprise." I am extremely pleased with it.

MM 15-83g. Another fantastic flower, even more vivid than its sibling above. If that one is "strawberry surprise," then this one must be "cranberry surprise."

MM 15-83h

The flowers open with a bit more yellow on the lower tepals (top flower), and then it fades gradually (lower flowers).

MM 15-83i

Here are a couple of other flowers from this cross

Moraea MM 15-81

Seed parent: Moraea villosa form b
Pollen parent: MM 10-02c

I was hoping for some very stripey, colorful flowers.

MM 15-81a. This one has some speckles.

MM 15-81b. I like the reddish-peach mottled coloring of this one.

Moraea MM 15-78

Seed parent: Moraea neopavonia with blue eye
Pollen parent: Moraea villosa form g

As usual, the offspring look mostly like M. neopavonia. The second generation crosses should be more diverse.

MM 15-78a

MM 15-78b. This one has a little bit brighter colors.

MM 15-78c

I haven't given a letter to these yet.

Moraea MM 15-75

Seed parent: Moraea aristata
Pollen parent: MM 11-30b

MM 15-75a. I crossed a white flower with a yellow flower, and so of course I got a purple flower.

These are both labeled form A, but I am not sure. Look at the difference in the ring around the eye.

MM 15-75d. I think I mislabeled this one.

Moraea MM 15-73

Seed parent: Moraea villosa form F 
Pollen parent: Homeria species

I doubt there’s any Homeria in these plants.

Moraea MM 15-72

Seed parent: MM 09-02a
Pollen parent: MM 11-20b

MM 15-72a. Nice bright colors. As in MM 15-68, the colors of M. tulbaghensis dominate.

MM 15-72b. This one has an interesting orange-purple coloration. Not necessarily beautiful, but it hints at interesting breeding possibilities.

Moraea MM 15-68

Seed parent: MM 09-02a
Pollen parent: MM 11-140a

15-68a. Even though this flower has diverse parentage, the orange-yellow color scheme of M. tulbaghensis dominates its look.

Moraea MM 15-64

Seed parent: Moraea ‘Zoe’ offspring
Pollen parent: Moraea bellendenii 

I had high hopes for combining a flower with lots of stripes with a flower that does strange things to the eyes of the flowers. The result, so far, has been more weird than beautiful.

MM 15-64a

Moraea MM 15-63

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii white form
Pollen parent: Moraea neopavonia ‘Summerfield’

Check out MM 15-05, which has similar parentage.

MM 15-63a. Once again M. bellendenii messes with the eye of a hybrid. In this case, the eye is still present, but there are strange pale streaks in it.

MM 15-63b

MM 15-63c

MM 15-63d

MM 15-63e

MM 15-63f