Moraea MM 19-05

Seed parent: MM 15-23b (M. calcicola X neopavonia 'Summerfield')

Pollen parent: MM 15-24 (M. bellendenii x villosa)

MM 19-05a

Moraea MM 18-225

Seed parent: MM 13-12a ((M. atropunctata x neopavonia) x gigandra) X calcicola

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

Very wide inner tepals.

Moraea MM 18-215

Seed parent: MM 13-191a (M. bellendenii x neopavonia) X (M. bellendenii x neopavonia)

Pollen parent: MM 13-134b (gigandra X villosa)

MM 18-215a

Moraea 18-133

Seed parent: MM 13-45a ((M. aropunctata x calcicola) X villosa)

Pollen parent: MM 13-89g (M. villosa x tulbaghensis) X villosa)

MM 18-133a. This is a nice flower. The eyes are very intense, and I'm intrigued by the purple tepals that fade to orange at the edges.

Moraea MM 15-111

Seed parent: Moraea neopavonia with slate-colored eye

Pollen parent: Moraea longiaristata form A with blue spots

As usual, the spots are recessive.

MM 15-111a

Gladiolus MM 21-500

Seed parent: Gladiolus gracilis

Pollen parent: MM 14-105d (G. watsonius x patersoniae)

By crossing a red flower onto a blue species, I think I was hoping to get a magenta version of the bright red pollen parent.

MM 21-500a. The color is what I expected (a general rule in Gladiolus breeding appears to be: red x blue = magenta). Unfortunately, these flowers are narrower than the nicely wide pollen parent.

MM 21-500b. Interesting, this one is much more bluish.

Gladiolus MM 21-490

Seed parent: MM 17-95c (G. violaceo-lineatus x priorii) X (violaceo-lineatus x priorii)

Pollen parent: MM 17-28b (violaceo-lineatus x priorii) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

MM 21-490. I think this one is quite attractive.

Gladiolus MM 21-479

Seed parent: MM 17-95c (G. violaceo-lineatus x priorii) X (violaceo-lineatus x priorii)

Pollen parent: MM 17-48f (G. violaceo-lineatus x (priorii x gracilis)) X unknown

MM 21-479a. Very interesting. Two of the tepals are heavily marked, while the others are nearly white.

Gladiolus MM 21-455

Seed parent: MM 17-94d ((G. priorii x gracilis) x carinatus) X unknown

Pollen parent: Gladiolus odoratus

MM 21-455a

MM 21-455b

Gladiolus MM 21-357

Seed parent: MM 15-36e (G. gracilis x priorii) X (gracilis x priorii)

Pollen parent: MM 15-83f (gracilis x priorii) X patersoniae

I crossed two hybrids that are flushed with red on the lower tepals, hoping to reinforce that characteristic. Nothing doing so far.

Gladiolus MM 21-292

Seed parent: Gladiolus debilis

Pollen parent: Gladiolus aureus

I was hoping for a yellow flower with heavy spots from G. debilis. I didn't get that, but the flowers are a lovely pastel peach color.

Gladiolus MM 21-152

Seed parent: MM 17-62a ((G. tristis x (gracilis x priorii)) x carinatus) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

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

The seed parent has a high bud count and nice markings, and the pollen parent has lotsa' dots. Their offspring is nice but not all that unusual.

Gladiolus MM 21-26

Seed parent: MM 17-48a (G. violaceo-lineatus x (priorii x gracilis)) X unknown

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

MM 21-26a. Nice patterns. Check out the pollen parent, which also has nice patterns, but in dark purple, and with narrower tepals. I am happy about the wider tepals, and the mix of purple and magenta is nice.

Gladiolus MM 20-381

Seed parent: MM 17-29a ((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 )

A nice stripey flower crossed with another stripey one. We're not getting much magic this time.

Gladiolus MM 20-361

Seed parent: MM 14-104b (G. priorii x odoratus) X (carinatus x tristis)

Pollen parent: MM 14-104c (G. priorii x odoratus) X (carinatus x tristis)

Gladiolus MM 20-349

Seed parent: MM 15-38b (G. violaceo-lineatus x (gracilis x priorii) X ((gracilis x priorii) x violaceo-lineatus)

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

MM 20-349a

Gladiolus MM 20-320

Seed parent: MM 11-21f (G. gracilis x priorii) X unknown)

Pollen parent: MM 15-36b ((G. gracilis x priorii) x carinatus) X ((G. gracilis x priorii) x carinatus)

MM 20-320a

MM 20-320b

Gladiolus MM 20-265

Seed parent: Gladiolus unknown

Pollen parent: Gladiolus unknown

I put the wrong cross number on this photo. I'll see if I can straighten out the confusion in future years. Nice flower, though.

MM 20-265a

Gladiolus MM 20-54

Seed parent: Gladiolus bonaspei

Pollen parent: MM 15-83f  (G. gracilis x priorii) X patersoniae

I am really enjoying what G. bonaspei does in hybrids. It's a stunning red and yellow species, and its offspring often keep that color scheme but add dots and stripes. Case in point...

MM 20-54a

Calochortus MM 21-240

Seed parent: MM 15-129 (C. luteus x superbus?)

Pollen parent: Calochortus venustus with red central stripe

This should have come out with intensely red petals, considering the parents. No such luck.

Calochortus MM 21-74

Seed parent: MM 15-126 (C. luteus X superbus pink)

Pollen parent: MM 15-126 (C. luteus X superbus pink)

I like the intensity of the color in this hybrid, and it made a stem bulbil this year, so I should be able to gradually get more of them.

MM 21-74a

Calochortus MM 20-403

Seed parent: MM 15-127 (C. luteus x superbus?) X superbus? 

Pollen parent: C. argillosus with nice markings

The nicest C. argillosus have very pretty markings on the petals that look a bit like flames, red at the center with an extended streak of yellow above. That didn't really come across in these hybrids.

MM 20-403a

MM 20-403b

MM 20-403c

Calochortus MM 20-402

Seed parent: MM 15-129b (C. luteus x superbus?)

Pollen parent: MM 15-127a (C. luteus x superbus?) X superbus?

I keep hoping that by backcrossing these hybrids I'll get a big difference in color, but they're all the basic yellow tinged in red.

MM 20-402a