Very pretty Jon.
Lyle, I really like your Portofino sdlg too!

Jon - That bloom is a beauty! Love the colors in it! Please post another photo of the next bloom from that daylily seedling. Sometimes they change a bit from the 1st bloom to later blooms! Also, my 2 recently bloomed seedlings of the same cross (DD x DD) were both quite fertile. I have several pods on both plants as well .....not to mention that the pollen fertilized quite a few other blooms on other seedlings in my gardens. DD is a great parent plant!

I have one last seedling of that cross that has yet to bloom. (Four seedlings total in my garden not including the sibling that Jon has.) It has a scape with a few buds on it. Am curious to see what the blooms on that one look like.

2016 INTRO




SIBS

Fred - That is DEFINITELY a 2016 intro!!! Beautiful!!! That Wild Dreams parent sure throws some amazing children! Love the height and the number of branches and buds! Truly a winner!!! I love it!!!

Yesterday had these 2 additional blooms .... This is the second bloom on CCC34. ( http://garden.org/thread/view_... ) The bloom size increased to 5" and it still has that golden glitter on the border of the ruffled petals and the diamond dusting. Very attractive bloom! This is a keeper for me as it is showing some good rust resistance so far! Unfortunately, I do not know the parents of this seedling.

CCC34:


A second bloom on CCC27. It is shaping up nicely since I posted the first bloom photo. ( http://garden.org/thread/view_... ):


My only new one today is CCC44. 5" bloom, 18" scape, with 6 buds. Lavender Baby Blue x unknown.Seed from Mike ( @Hazelcrestmikeb ) It is exhibiting some rust resistance. It will be interesting to see if a throat pattern develops.

CCC44:

Very nice Becky!!!!

Thank you, Cindy!

For anyone interested .... This is what CCC44 looked like as the day wore on:

The second seedling ccc27 is looking mighty fine!

I just updated my blog:

http://garden.org/blogs/view/j...

Beautiful blooms, everyone! And I love that 2016 intro, Fred!

Rust resistant 7 month old seedlings blooming
(they have the same mom):

CCC27- very nice Becky.
Thanks Betty, I hope it and all the rest here is not bloomed out before the show this Saturday.
Its hard to believe I went from large flowers to smalls and mini's in one year with so few parents to work with.
Three sibs.



I though these was different.

Love that last one Fred.

I have been wanting to ask this question, and decided to not worry about sounding ignorant. You all talk about sending seeds and seedlings around to each other, and being excited about what the flower turns out like. If you get a cross or whatever that is fantastic, who gets to name that flower and introduce it to the world?? I have also been seeing some beautiful Noids as you all call them and wondering if they just fall by the wayside because no one knows the parentage of these.

I love daylilies and always wanted to try hybridization, but just don't have the time anymore. I got sidetracked raising money for severely handicapped children, but I guess that's ok too.

Well, I can answer the NOID part which just means No Identification, or no name known. It doesn't mean it will always be without a name. I have several NOids now that by the time the season ends I hope to have an id for them. I was given about forty daylilies, in two batches of about twenty each, at separate times. I was given the names of all but three or four out of each batch. The plants were labeled and when I planted them I tagged each I knew a name for. Then as the season progressed critters stole tags, dug up plants and generally made a mess of things. So now I am in the process of waiting to see everything bloom, I have a list of all the names and as soon as I can Id a bloom that plant will no longer be a NOID. I have run into a little snag (tagging daylilies never seems as easy as it sounds). The first flower to open is often not really recognizable, then there are the ones that were NOids when I got them, plus I think one or two might have been mislabeled to start with. So unless I can for certain match a bloom to a name that plant remains a NOID until a match is made. I don't bother with the parentage at all, it is knowing the proper name for the plant or not that makes it a noid, not anything to do with parentage.

Oh, the naming part, if it is your seedling and you decide to register it, you get to name it, so when buying or trading seedlings you might get lucky and get a great one worth registering, and you might not.

Talk to your local daylily club. We auction lilies for causes all the time. Almost anyone will donate plants to be auctioned off for that purpose. I bet if you really wanted to, you could talk to some and one or more would bite on naming a flower for the causes and donating profits.

Yea...on the naming, Ive had people send seeds and say, if you get a good one, its mine/theirs to name. I mean the chance of that happening are so slim. Think how many 10's, if not hundreds of thousands of seeds are planted every year, just to get a few. Its just the joy of the new seedling and the friendships involved.

When buying, its yours. Of course you have to make sure if your buying a seedling you think you might want to register,
make sure it says " you are getting all I have of this seedling "


This is the same seedling. Blooms different color at its whim. Altho Im not keeping it, it has a fun eye in person.

I just updated my blog:

http://garden.org/blogs/view/j...

In about a week I am going to stop posting here, so feel free to comment about the daylilies in my blog.

Karen-- If you receive seeds or a seedling that has never bloomed you can register (name) the plant without permission from anyone, if the seedling you received had bloomed before you received it you can still register it, but you should get permission from the hybridizer and put the hybridizers name on the paperwork as the originator along with your own. More detailed information can be found on the AHS website.

A few things to set seed on bloomed yesterday

Thanks, Fred. That is a perfectly, simple answer to my question. Love those top three flowers but especially the spider which have always been my favorites.