Babiana MM 21-431

Seed parent: Babiana angustifolia

Pollen parent: Babiana blanda

A purple flower and a pink flower got together to make...a pink flower.

Gladiolus MM 20-281

Seed parent: MM 16-44a (watsonius x carmineus X ((priorii x gracilis) x violaceo-lineatus)

Pollen parent: MM 12-135b ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii) X venustus

Interesting! The parents are both heavily veined flowers, so I was expecting flowers with a lot of veins in them. One of them is as expected, the other is very elegant looking. They are both delightful.

(I marked these photos MM 20-287, but that is a Moraea cross and these are clearly Glads. I think it's actually 20-281.) 

MM 20-281a

MM 20-281b

Gladiolus MM 18-275

Seed parent: Gladiolus bonaspei

Pollen parent: MM 12-135a ((tristis x (gracilis x priorii) X venustus

I was hoping to combine the beautiful red-yellow color scheme of the seed parent with the veins of the pollen parent. It worked.

MM 18-275a

Here's a sibling.

Gladiolus MM 20-286

Seed parent: Parent unknown

Pollen parent: Parent unknown

This is growing in the spot labeled "MM 20-286," but that's a Moraea cross. Maybe this Gladiolus seed was washed in from a nearby plant. It's a pretty little thing.

Gladiolus MM 19-36

Seed parent: G. bonaspei

Pollen parent: Parent unknown

G. bonaspei has produced a lot of very nice hybrids. This is a good example.

MM 19-36a

MM 19-36b

Gladiolus MM 19-143

Seed parent: MM 15-38a ((violaceo-lineatus) x (gracilis x priorii)) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

Pollen parent: MM 16-52a (G. watsonius X ((gracilis x priorii) x unknown))

This is a cross between a heavily spotted magenta flower and a scarlet one. I like the pink shade of this flower and its dark markings. Too bad the flower is kind of narrow.

Gladiolus MM 18-293

Seed parent: G. bonaspei

Pollen parent: MM 10-34a (priorii x odoratus)

This is a very nice flower: brilliant deep red with subtle yellow and black markings. G. bonspei is producing some very nice hybrids.

Gladiolus MM 20-371

Seed parent: MM 17-29c ((G. tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) x venustus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

Pollen parent: MM 16-46b (gracilis x priorii) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

Wow, that is a lot of parents to produce small, nondescript flowers.

MM 20-371b. This one is a bit better.

Gladiolus MM 20-347

Seed parent: MM 15-36a ((G. gracilis x priorii) x carinatus) X sibling

Pollen parent: MM 15-38c (violaceo-lineatus) x (gracilis x priorii)) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

The colors are a bit more muted than the pollen parent, but the markings are equally delicate. A nice flower.

Here's a sibling.

Gladiolus MM 20-366

Seed parent: MM 15-16a (unknown parentage)

Pollen parent: MM 17-29c ((G. tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) x venustus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

MM 20-366b. Nice veins, very similar to its pollen parent.

Some siblings

Gladiolus MM 20-373

Seed parent: MM 14-105b (G. watsonius X patersoniae)

Pollen parent: MM 16-46b (gracilis x priorii) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

A red hybrid was crossed with a magenta one, producing a family of mostly salmon-orange flowers.

MM 20-373a. I like all the delicate markings on the tepals.

MM 20-373b

MM 20-373c

MM 20-373d

MM 20-373e

A sibling

Gladiolus MM 20-375

Seed parent: Gladiolus gracilis

Pollen parent: Gladiolus bonaspei

What a lovely flower! As usual with Glads, crossing a red flower with a blue one produced magenta. I like the faint yellow shading in the lower tepals, which came from bonaspei.

Gladiolus MM 20-365

Seed parent: MM 15-16a (parents unknown due to bad record-keeping on my part)

Pollen parent: MM 16-46b (G. gracilis x priorii) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

A small flower, but I like the huge number of veins and speckles on it. Also, the upper tepals are a little pinker than the lower ones, which is an interesting variation.