Hey Mike, Your Hybrids remind me of going to see the annual butterfly exhibit at the Safari Park here in San Diego each spring. The variety of combos and color saturation are stunning. I went and looked back at the past years posts too, you really have a commendable collection. Over the years which has been the hybrid you are most satisfied with, that developed as you intended. Also which hybrid has been your biggest surprise ? ( wow didht plan that outcome but it looks amazing) ? Have a great evening, Mike San Diego Lachenalia are waking up now, looking forward to their blooming season. On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:40 PM Michael Mace via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi, gang. > > > > For about a decade I've been breeding Moraea hybrids. If you'd like to see > my favorite new flowers from spring 2021, there's a post on my blog here: > https://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2021/10/… > > > > There are some nice magenta and orange flowers, some with veins and spots, > and some flowers with intriguing multicolored eyes. I'm still trying and > failing to breed a truly red flower, but there are some nice brick-colored > ones. > > > > I think it's amazing how much genetic variety there is in this genus. So > far > I've been able to cross about 15 species in subgenus Vieusseuxia, which > includes the "Peacock" Moraea flowers. This year I had the first flowers > from hybrids with M. debilis, a tiny blue flower that produces dainty > little > hybrids. There are about 15 more Vieusseuxia species that I haven't been > able to try yet. If anyone has ideas on how to get seeds or pollen from > them, please let me know. > > > > For the record, I'm also doing my best to breed the species, but I also > like > having something new to look at each year. > > > > If anybody has any advice on how to manage a hybridization program, I'm all > ears. I'm not a trained botanist, so I'm mostly making it up as I go along. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > San Jose, CA > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>