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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Moraea MM 19-64

Seed parent: MM 15-80b ((M. atropunctata x calcicola) X neopavonia 'Summerfield')
Pollen parent: MM 16-85a ((aristata x gigandra) X (villosa x tulbaghensis))

Once again I was trying to cross a huge flower and a pretty flower. The first results were normal-sized, but in the second year of bloom some very large hybrids emerged.

MM 19-64a

MM 19-64b


MM 19-64c




MM 19-64d


MM 19-64e

MM 19-64f


MM 19-64g


MM 19-64h

Here are some siblings:





Here's a seedling from this same cross, grown by Garry Knipe under the label GK 1977:

GK 1977_1



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