Moraea MM 20-33

Seed parent: MM 13-197e (M. lurida x villosa)

Pollen parent: MM 17-23c (M. bellendenii x aristata) X ((atropunctata x neopavonia) x villosa)

Moraea MM 20-22

Seed parent: MM 17-19e (M. lurida x (aristata x villosa)) X (tripetala x villosa)

Pollen parent: MM 13-149f  ((atropunctata x neopavonia) x gigandra) X (villosa x tulbaghensis)

MM 20-22a. Wow, the intensely dark inner tepals really stand out.

A sibling...

Moraea MM 20-21

Seed parent: MM 17-26 (M. lurida x villosa) X (lurida x (aristata x villosa))

Pollen parent: MM 13-07f (villosa selection)

Moraea MM 20-10

Seed parent: MM 17-19 (M. lurida x (aristata x villosa)) X (tripetala x villosa d)

Pollen parent: GK 1610b (villosa selection)

Moraea MM 18-186

Seed parent: MM 13-197 (M. lurida X villosa)

Pollen parent: MM 13-77c (villosa x tulbaghensis) X (villosa x tulbaghensis)

MM 18-186a

MM 18-186b. This is a fascinating flower, with its two-tone tepals, veins, and contrasting inner and outer tepals. If I could get these color patterns with more vivid colors, I think it'd be a lot of fun.

Moraea MM 18-178

Seed parent: MM 13-195 (M. lurida X (aristata x villosa))

Pollen parent: MM 13-69d (tulbaghensis X villosa)

MM 18-178a. What an odd flower! It looks reddish in these photos, but in person it also has brown overtones. I like the two-tone eyes and the colored tips on the style crests.

MM 18-178b

Moraea MM 18-176

Seed parent: MM 13-01 (M. villosa form F X (neopavonia x villosa))

Pollen parent: M. neopavonia 'Summerfield'

Moraea MM 18-164

Seed parent: MM 13-196 (M. tripetala X bellendenii)

Pollen parent: MM 14-146d (villosa x tulbaghensis) X villosa

MM 18-164a. Hmmmm, this looks a lot like species M. bellendenii.

Moraea MM 18-125

Seed parent: MM 12-155a (Moraea 'Zoe' X neopavonia)

Pollen parent: MM 13-94c (tulbaghensis x villosa)

Here's a family view:

Moraea MM 18-63

Seed parent: MM 13-138 (M. bellendenii X aristata)

Pollen parent:  MM 13-138 (M. bellendenii X aristata)

This flower is unusual because the eye is orange, but I was hoping for a yellow flower with the brilliant blue eye of M. aristata.

MM 18-63a

Moraea MM 18-39

Seed parent: MM 13-207a (M. bellendenii X neopavonia)

Pollen parent: MM 13-205a (lurida X (atropunctata x calcicola))

MM 18-39a

Moraea MM 15-65

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii yellow form

Pollen parent: Moraea tripetala with yellow eye

Fascinating! Crossing a yellow species with a purple one produced a white hybrid. Who would have expected it?

Moraea GK 2131

Seed parent: MM 17-88e (M. 'Zoe' X (neopavonia 'Summerfield' X neopavonia with blue eye))

Pollen parent: MM 18-312a (M. atropunctata x calcicola) x (villosa x tulbaghensis) X ((villosa x tulbaghensis) x villosa form d)

GK 2131_1. This is a nice flower!

Moraea GK 2130

Seed parent: MM 17-110a (M. 'Zoe' x atropunctata) X (M. 'Zoe' offspring x ((atropunctata? x neopavonia) x (neopavonia x villosa)))

Pollen parent: MM 17-110b (M. 'Zoe' x atropunctata) X (M. 'Zoe' offspring x ((atropunctata? x neopavonia) x (neopavonia x villosa)))

This should have been a heavily spotted flower, since both parents are spotted. But it's not, and I am confused.

GK 2130_1

Moraea GK 2128

Seed parent: MM 15-80b (M. atropunctata x calcicola) X neopavonia 'Summerfield'

Pollen parent: MM 18-312a ((M. atropunctata x calcicola) x (villosa x tulbaghensis)) X ((villosa x tulbaghensis) x villosa form d)

A very interesting dot pattern around the eye. Looking at the parents, I can see how we got here, but this is not what I expected.

Moraea GK 2124

Seed parent: GK 1699 MX_30 (parents unknown)

Pollen parent: MM 18-234a ((M. bellendenii x (gigandra x (atropunctata x neopavonia))) X (villosa x tulbaghensis)

This is a very pretty flower, but the color is confusing. Both parents are reddish, so their offspring should have been somewhere in the red-orange range. I do not understand what happened.

Moraea GK 2121

Seed parent: MM 15-106c ((M. atropunctata x calcicola) x gigandra) X (villosa x tulbaghensis)

Pollen parent: MM 18-312a ((M. atropunctata x calcicola) x (villosa x tulbaghensis)) X ((villosa x tulbaghensis) x villosa form d)

Moraea GK 2118

Seed parent: MM 18-312a ((M. atropunctata x calcicola) x (villosa x tulbaghensis)) X ((villosa x tulbaghensis) x villosa form d)

Pollen parent: MM 13-89d ((villosa x tulbaghensis) X villosa form d)

This is a marvelous cross, with brightly colored flowers that have intricate markings.

Let's start with a family photo:

GK 2118_1

GK 2118_2. An aging flower that was starting to curl up, but gosh what beautiful colors!

GK 2118_3. Check out the funky colored style crests.

Some siblings. I don't have Garry Knipe's ID codes for these yet, so for now I'll just number them. Here's #1:

#2:

#3:

Moraea GK 2006

GK 2006a

A sibling...

Moraea GK 2005

GK 2005a

A sibling...

Moraea GK 2002

Moraea GK 2001

Moraea GK 1970

Moraea GK 1968