New Moraea hybrids, 2019

michaelcmace@gmail.com michaelcmace@gmail.com
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:09:50 PDT
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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