Moraea MM 22-32

Seed parent: Moraea tripetala yell eye
Pollen parent: Moraea insolens

This is one of my first four hybrids with M. insolens, blooming for the first time this year, and it's a fascinating one.

Almost always when breeding Moraeas, I have found that when I cross an orange species with a purple one, I'll get an orange flower. Sometimes the orange is a bit lighter or more creamy, but it's almost always orange rather than purple. In this particular cross, for reasons I don't understand, the flowers came out more or less purple. There is a faint wash of orange in the background color of the flower, and the inner tepals of form b are more or less orange. The narrowness of the inner tepals is also a very tripetala thing; insolens has six large tepals, almost equal in size.

On the other hand, the dark center of insolens shows up clearly.

MM 22-32a

MM 22-32b

Moraea MM 22-31

Seed parent: MM 17-107a ('Zoe' sibling x M. atropunctata) X (neopavonia not blue x atropunctata)
Pollen parent: MM 19-15a ('Zoe' original x M. neopavonia 'Summerfield') X villosa O

MM 22-31a. Intense color and a vivid white ring. Unfortunately, this flower has almost no pollen.

MM 22-31b

Here are forms a and b together:

MM 22-31c

MM 22-31d

MM 22-31e

Moraea MM 22-29

Seed parent: MM 18-249a (((M. atropunctata x calcicola) x (atropunctata x calcicola)) x neopavonia 'Summerfield' old) X villosa O
Pollen parent: Moraea villosa J

MM 22-29a. Golly, this is a very nice flower. The eyes and central cup beautiful uniform colors.

MM 22-29b

Moraea MM 22-26

Seed parent: MM 17-19 (M. lurida x (aristata x villosa)) X (tripetala x villosa D)
Pollen parent: MM 18-316a M. neopavonia 'Summerfield' X villosa O

MM 22-26a. This flower looks plain at first glance, but if you look closely at the center you'll see all sorts of interesting pastel colors and delicate markings.

Moraea MM 22-23

Seed parent: MM 18-76 M. debilis X loubseri
Pollen parent: Moraea insolens

Very exciting, this is one of my first hybrids involving M. insolens. The seed parent is a small speckled hybrid between M. debilis and loubseri. M. debilis transmitted its small size to its grandchildren. But insolens brought an interesting shade of orange and some nice markings on the flowers.

MM 22-23a

MM 22-23b

MM 22-23c

MM 22-23d

Moraea MM 22-22

Seed parent: MM 19-70a (M. lurida x villosa F) X (((atropunctata x calcicola) x (atropunctata x calcicola)) x neopavonia 'Summerfield' old)
Pollen parent: MM 18-151b (M. gigandra x villosa h) X (gigandra x villosa h)

This is a bit of a disappointment. The parents are both very richly colored flowers, but their offspring are kind of average.

MM 22-22a

MM 22-22b

Moraea MM 22-17

Seed parent: MM 18-316c M. neopavonia 'Summerfield' X villosa O
Pollen parent: Moraea villosa D

I was hoping to get some reddish colors. That didn't happen, but the yellow one is very nice.

M 22-17a

MM 22-17b