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...
Sunday, July 28, 2019
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...
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.
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.
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." The flower stalk is relatively large and robust, and the colors are lovely. Out of all the Gladiolus hybrids I've raised, I think this may be my favorite.
MM 15-83h
The flowers open with a bit more yellow on the lower tepals (top flower), and then it fades gradually (lower flowers).
Here are a couple of other flowers from this cross
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." The flower stalk is relatively large and robust, and the colors are lovely. Out of all the Gladiolus hybrids I've raised, I think this may be my favorite.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pollen parent: Homeria species
I doubt there’s any Homeria in these plants.
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.
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
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 15-63c
MM 15-63e
MM 15-63f
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 15-63d
