Moraea crossed with a Homeria

Kiyel Boland kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:06:59 PST
Hi Mike,
Rather nice, i find all Moraea and their Hybrids very nice, well done.
Cheers Kiyel


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>> Hi, gang.
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>> Those of you who don't like hybrids, close your eyes.
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>> I wanted to report an interesting result with one of my Moraea hybrid
>> experiments: I've crossed a Moraea villosa and a Homeria.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> You can see photos here:
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>> http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2015/02/… <http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2015/02/…>
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>> Mike
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>> San Jose, CA (zone 9, min temp 20F / -7C)
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