Seedfork said:"To my eye there is no visible sign of a second "scape". Ah, I see we think alike! I used the word "scape" instead of fan also. It does look to me to be a single fan with two scapes.
admmad said:The normal cycle is small fan, fan grows larger becomes mature, fan produces a scape. New fan, fan grows larger becomes mature, fan produces a scape.
Dennis616 said:My recollection is that the single fan did NOT produce a scape last year.
This cultivar is "Giggle Pie Delight" and unfortunately I do not see any shared parentage with "Paper Butterfly" (would have been interesting if there was).
admmad said:@Mayo62
In general, I expect that a cultivar's growth pattern is both genetic and environmental. Therefore it should be possible to change the growth pattern of most cultivars by changing the environment (usually fertilizer).
Mayo62 said:
The cultivars in the same bed on the left, right and behind these seedling plants áre flowering / having scapes. So would that suggest that it isn't a fertilizer issue, but genetic.. ?
The cross is STARMAN'S QUEST x MEDICINE FEATHER.
Is one or both of these known as a clumping-type daylily bloomer?
admmad said:
Yes, as long as they are the same age. You would need to also check the width of the fans (at soil level). Larger fans are more likely to flower than smaller fans (of the same cultivar). I do not know how strong a relationship there might be between fan size and flowering for different cultivars.
Mayo62 said:
The other DL's in the same border are bought cultivars, so I presume they are at least 2 -3 years old (?).
These seedlings are even smaller than a lot of other seedlings that were germinatied at the same time (but from other crosses), so I was surprised they made new fans at this stage