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Jun 26, 2014 8:04 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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This was labeled as La Vita when I purchased it. None of the specs match.
4.5-5" bloom
Scape 24-28
Buds 20-30
Branching 3

It's quite hard to get an accurate picture of the color, it is a deep rust color, sometimes looks like a dark cranberry. I have been testing the ploidy, but started that a few days ago.

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Jun 27, 2014 2:10 AM CST
Name: Tina
Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
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I don't find anything that matches exactly, but then, none of my registered cultivars is an exact fit with hybridizer stats either. Shrug! Is this a first-flower open on a first-scape, maybe?
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Jun 27, 2014 8:32 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Thanks for checking!!! This is it's 3rd year, and 3rd or fourth bloom, they all look like this. Am still waiting on seed pods to develop for its ploidy.
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Jun 27, 2014 9:00 PM CST
Name: Tina
Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
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Cool, checking ploidy narrows down half the work! I think we'll all keep this one percolating as we're browsing cultivars, as it doesn't bring one right to mind. Thanks for sharing it - a really nice red-on-red eye! Will post an update if I stumble across something similar! Thumbs up
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Jun 27, 2014 9:52 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Much appreciated, I will update on the ploidy when I find out.
Here's another bloom. Note that it is hard to get the color correct in an image, I have no idea, maybe a dark berry of some kind.
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Jul 3, 2014 12:19 AM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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UHG!!! LOL
This Daylily is spitting out everything I don't throw at it :P Both Tets and Dips, so at least I know that it is NOT pod fertile LOL On a lot of the flowers, the pistils are split at the end showing either 2 or 3 of the tubes.
I am still trying.... here is a more accurate pic of the color.




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Jul 3, 2014 6:44 AM CST
Name: Tina
Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
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Ooo I wonder if it is one of those persnickity triploids? Hilarious! Is the pollen taking on anything?
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Jul 3, 2014 7:14 AM CST
Name: Cynthia (Cindy)
Melvindale, Mi (Zone 5b)
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It's hard to get a split pistol to take pollen. I have several that do that. Once in awhile I get lucky and get a pod to form. Mokan Butterfly is like that. Pistols are always split. I do ocassionally get pods to form on it though. Keep trying.
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Jul 3, 2014 4:43 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
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I am waiting for a pistil that isn't split, to attempt. Seems to be one in ten LOL
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Jul 4, 2014 4:52 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
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It is definitely ..... Drumroll..... It's a Tetraploid!
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Jul 5, 2014 3:16 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
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Now I'm really confused! It accepted both ploidy's! Any suggestions on what to do now?
*scratching head*
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Jul 5, 2014 6:57 PM CST
Name: Pat
Near McIntosh, Florida (Zone 9a)
Could you look at the pollen under a microscope?
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Jul 5, 2014 7:59 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
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I don't have any access to one Sad
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Jul 5, 2014 9:42 PM CST
Name: Michele
Cantonment, FL zone 8b
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Wait and see which one aborts. It may take a few weeks but whichever is not the real ploidy will most likely abort.
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Jul 5, 2014 10:28 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Yes, i thought the abort would have happened already, seed pods have developed but are small. Will watch and wait. Thanks!
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Jul 6, 2014 4:08 AM CST
Name: Michele
Cantonment, FL zone 8b
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Sometimes they can get pretty big before aborting.
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Jul 6, 2014 4:13 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Thanks for the advice!
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Jul 12, 2014 9:55 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Here's an update, a more accurate pic and 4 lobed seed pods all over it, from both ploidys. Maybe a poly somewhere in it's gene pool it seems?...or some freak of nature... there is only one 3 lobed seed pod out of about 20.

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Jul 12, 2014 11:53 PM CST
Name: Tina
Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
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What a beautiful bounty! You are so very lucky to have the rare and wonderful hemerocallis Noidy nodding Lovey dubby Thumbs up
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Jul 13, 2014 4:34 AM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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I just love this beauty, I need to count the blooms again. So many blooms, I am still putting pollen on it! Green Grin! Thank You!
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