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.