Moraea MM 18-11

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii

Pollen parent: Moraea atropunctata

Goody, a new species cross. I'm always curious to see how these will turn out.

In this case we get the spots of M. atropunctata, which is not a surprise. But instead of the yellow color of M. bellendenii, we have a pale orange flower. From other hybrids, I've gotten the impression that the yellow and orange colorations in Moraea are related. I've had some crosses of yellow hybrids that turned out orange, occasional crosses of orange hybrids that produced yellow flowers, and now here's a cross of cream and yellow species that's orange.