New Moraea hybrids, 2019

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:57:58 PDT
They are lovely.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 9:11 AM <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the nice comments, folks.
>
>
> Dennis wrote:
>
> > You must be so proud.
>
> Thanks, but I don't feel like I did much -- I just spread a lot of pollen
> around and then watched what happened. It's kind of like being a cave
> explorer who followed a little crack to find a bunch of big rooms full of
> crystals. The Moraeas are gorgeous species, but who would have thought they
> could combine in so many weird ways?
>
> Anyway, it's fun to share what I'm finding, so thanks everybody for putting
> up with it.
>
>
> Diane asked:
>
> >How long do the flowers of your hybrids last?
>
> There are exceptions, but most Moraea species have one of two blooming
> schedules:
> --Some of them have flowers that last only a day, but they put up new
> flowers on every sunny day for a couple of weeks.
> --Some others have flowers that last for about three days, give or take.
> Usually there's only one flower open at a time, but the plants may have
> branched stems, and usually multiple buds at the end of each branch. So you
> get flowers for a couple of weeks.
>
> The hybrids I'm growing are almost all the three days kind. Some species
> have more branches on the stem, and more buds per branch, so I think it'll
> be possible to extend the blooming period a bit, and to get more flowers
> per
> plant.
>
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