Hi Mike, Rather nice, i find all Moraea and their Hybrids very nice, well done. Cheers Kiyel kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz <mailto:kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz> savagegardenz.co.nz <http://savagegardenz.co.nz/> http://public.fotki.com/savagegardenz/ <http://public.fotki.com/savagegardenz/> https://www.facebook.com/Savagegardenz/ <https://www.facebook.com/Savagegardenz/> > > >> Hi, gang. >> >> >> >> Those of you who don't like hybrids, close your eyes. >> >> >> >> I wanted to report an interesting result with one of my Moraea hybrid >> experiments: I've crossed a Moraea villosa and a Homeria. >> >> >> >> I didn't think that was possible because they are not all that closely >> related (Homeria was formerly its own genus, and was fairly recently merged >> into Moraea). Most of my experiments ended up not setting seeds, or were >> clones of the Homerias. So I had given up. >> >> >> >> Then last weekend a couple of new flowers opened, and they were definitely >> hybrids. They combine a yellow flower and a purple one, which makes brown. >> So I wouldn't call these flowers beautiful. But they're very interesting, >> know what I mean? >> >> >> >> You can see photos here: >> >> >> >> http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2015/02/… <http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2015/02/…> >> >> >> >> Mike >> >> San Jose, CA (zone 9, min temp 20F / -7C) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/