Saturday, December 17, 2022

Moraea MM 18-267

Seed parent: MM 12-139a (M. villosa 'Zoe' X atropunctata)
Pollen parent: MM 15-80b ((atropunctata x calcicola) X neopavonia 'Summerfield')

This is the combination of a heavily spotted flower with a white one that has very clean markings in the center. I was hoping for spots and clean markings, but what I got is a flower with unremarkable colors but extremely large inner tepals. Fellow breeder Garry Knipe is encouraging me to breed for big inner tepals in the hope of producing fuller-looking flowers. I think this is progress toward that goal.

MM 18-267a

Siblings. The markings in these are intriguing.




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