It has slowly sunk in to me that every orange (or orange-ish) daylily that I have, or have had, has had some degree of mud in the color. Some oranges (like 'Sir Clyde') aren't too bad, just not really clear like some pinks or lavenders can be. Other oranges, you can clearly see the yellow underlying the surface pigment, and the blooms are just yuckily muddy overall. The closest to a clear orange daylily that I have seen have been some melon daylilies - but those are melon, pastel, not the deep rich orange that I crave.

So ARE there (can there be, is it possible) any CLEAR oranges out there?

Would Mauna Loa qualify?
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Mauna Loa')

I second Mauna Loa
And offer up this orange NOID. I got it as a bonus, but it was not labeled.

Orange is a favorite color for me. I do have a few that I consider clean-colored. Perhaps you might like one of these...

'Orange Grove' (Stamile, 2007)


'City of New Orleans' (Smith-FR, 2007)



'Flower Pavilion' (Kirchhoff-D., 1985)


'Kindling the Flame' (Grace-L., 2010)


'Pure and Simple' (Salter, 1993)


'Spacecoast Tiny Perfection' (Kinnebrew-J., 1998)


'Tangerine Horses' (Kaskel, 1996)

Here is a picture of a orange seedling I had blooming yesterday. It's background includes Orange Grove, Mexican Elvis and Lava Flow.

This is Pete Harry's pic of 'Who's That Girl.' Though I've been told that it is more pink than orange. Mine is yet to bloom
'Boundless Bliss' Petit-Goff
'Spacecoast Cheese Whiz'. The picture doesn't do it justice. It really does look like Cheese Whiz.
'Spacecoast Hot Tamale'

I guess color is in the eye of the beholder. As pretty as the pictures of daylilies are above, on my screen at least, they look gold not what I call orange. Orange is in fact a secondary color which is a combination of red and yellow, so it will have elements of both colors in it and, depending on the cultivar, an emphasis on one color (red/yellow) more then the other. It's just a matter of which color you favor more. Orange is one of my favorite colors, but I favor orange with a deeper red infusion of color then yellow. Here are a few of the ones I like (some of them are from a daylily show I attended)..........Maryl
Tuscawilla Tigress:


Jambalaya



Heavenly Orange Blaze



Orange Jade

NOID

Primal Scream is a vibrant orange!





It's the only orange I have and sometimes it almost hurts my eyes when I go into the garden :biggrin:


Mayo

An excellent clear orange is SPARKLING ORANGE. Available from O'Donal's Nursery in Gorham, Maine.

One of my pictures of Sparkling Orange is attached.

Legalily said:NOID

this may be By Myself

It was here when we moved in and there is a yellow that looks just like it. Large plants! I'll check that out.

without seeing the yellow, can't say, but you might try Mary Todd, also. It is an oldie, that blooms like crazy and has bright color. Was cheap and sold by Wild's alot. I bought the two together some years ago. MT is a blooming machine!

MT is one I looked up and comes closest so far.

Heavenly Dragon Fire

Kathy gorgeous and nice poly

I have Wild Sonata in my garden.
I am not really fond of orange but I like this flower.

Tuscawilla Tigress seedling

Would you consider this to be a clear orange?

Drat...I had never given much thought to a "clear orange" daylily. Now all I am seeing look red, yellow and now even pink sometimes, I thought of them as all being orange till I started reading this thread.