Moraea MM 15-89

Seed parent: MM 10-02c (M. villosa X tulbaghensis with green eye)
Pollen parent: Moraea villosa form a+

I am delighted with the huge variety of interesting colors and patterns in these flowers.

MM 15-89a. Wow! That is a spectacular combination of colors.

MM 15-89b. More spots than form a, but the colors are less distinctive.

MM 15-89c

MM15-89d

I haven't given these letters yet.

Here are a couple of family portraits.

Moraea MM 15-86

Seed parent: M. neopavonia with slate eye
Pollen parent: M. villosa form n

MM 15-86a

Moraea MM 15-60

Seed parent: MM 10-02d (M. villosa X tulbaghensis with green eye)
Pollen parent: MM 10-02a

MM 15-60a. The dots on this one are tiny and spread fairly uniformly. I like it! I'm also pleased that this F2 hybrid has a bigger flower than its parents.

Moraea MM 15-44

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii
Pollen parent: MM 11-17c (M. gigandra X villosa form A)

I was hoping for a weird yellow-purple flower, but I think this is just a self-pollinated M. bellendenii.

MM 15-44a

Moraea MM 15-22

Seed parent: MM 11-20b (M. villosa form a X tulbaghensis with blue eye)
Pollen parent: MM 11-72a (M. tulbaghensis with blue eye X villosa form a)

The parents are both yellow-orange, blue-eyed flowers. Put them together and what do you get?

MM 15-22a. Interesting. We kept the blue eye, but the tepals are kind of cream colored suffused with dirty purple and veins. I was hoping for something brighter.

Moraea MM 15-07

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii
Pollen parent: Moraea villosa form n

MM 15-07a. As usual M. bellendenii did weird things to the eye of this hybrid.In this case it ended up with a jagged edge.

Moraea MM 15-04

Seed parent: Moraea bellendenii
Pollen parent: MM 10-16d (M. neopavonia x atropunctata) X gigandra

I was curious to see wht would happen if I crossed a reddish flower with a yellow one. The result was pure yellow, and I think it may actually be self-pollinated.

MM 15-04a