Some of you may have seen this before, but it is a first
for me. The seedlings have been outside this week
acclimating.

Oh my, that is a really really short scape you got there It just couldn't wait any longer to show you it's stuff!!

Very cute, and I like Michele's explanation! ~Jan

I thought a leaf of some kind had nestled there. Tried to pull the thing off, but
it wouldn't budge. Looked inside and it has a large purple eye. I had to laugh
at the sight of it. Ambitious little thing.

That may be a good sign it is a bloomin fool.

A blooming fool!!! Yeap, please, no matter how bad or good, keep it for atleast 3 years. It deserves to be seen. It's blooming in a red plastic up!!! WOW!

Mona

It's a cross between one of my seedlings and Sabine Baur, which has a large purple eye,
as you may well know.

Hubby didn't believe me when I said, "Hey, you gotta come and see this thing. It's a
bloom on one of the seedlings." He said, "No way!" Then he laughed and

These things are wierd, never know what or when its going to happen, way to go Mona.

Shirlee - I don't see any sepals, it is almost like a rose opening..

Lyle, I think the green next to the bloom that looks like a part of the daylily
fan is actually a sepal. There's another one on the back side. Both
have some purple in them. Today it is mush. I think I can assume
this cross is a dud for what I was aiming for. The color is evidently very concentrated. Don't
see how I could get a yellow out of ((Palace Garden Beauty x Rincon del Mar)
x Sabine Baur)).

This is the seedling:

Palace Garden Beauty x Rincon del Mar


Sabine Baur

Please don't toss it until it matures some and see what happens then. It could be completely different.

That is a very nice cross I hope the seedling establishes for you.

Any daylily with the chutzpah to try blooming in a Solo cup deserves some time to mature and see what it does next.

Okay, I checked, and this is the only cup for that cross, so I will give
it a chance. The cup had three seeds, and two made plants.

Love reading the comments you guys have added. Your comments
have added many chuckles to my day. Nice.

I noticed a couple of other crosses that have new, thick centers
coming up. This one did that also. At the time I noticed them, I thought
the plant looked as if it was working on bloom preparation.

Shirlee, good job getting a bloom so soon. I guess we can never predict the outcome of any particular cross. About the time we think we know what a seedling will look like, it throws us a curve ball.

A curve ball. Yes, Ann, that certainly is one.
Don't know if I would call that thing a bloom though. At the very least it
added some color, and a chuckle.

Shirlee how old is the seedling, what kind of soil mix are you using and what and how often are you fertilizing it??

Stephanie, the seedling is 6.5 months old, counting from the day the seed was planted,
so the actual plant is probably a week less.

I used Miracle Grow potting soil. I believe it was seed starter. Not sure, though.

One teaspoon of Miracle Grow fertilizer to a gallon of water.
I don't have the numbers on the fertilize at the moment, but definitely
not a high middle number, which is what stimulates blooming, or so I've read.

Used a 32 oz. cup of water with about a cup of the diluted fertilizer to water them
every one to two weeks. Near the end of the winter, I had to water every two
days, but did not add fertilize that often. Usually, I fertilize seedlings only once or twice
during the winter, but this year decided to try something different. Some years I don't
fertilize the seedlings at all, except when they are planted. I haven't seen a great
deal of difference in comparison of the plants fertilized or not, except for this weird bloom.

So I suspect it is the fertilize that caused this.

Wow it was a light app. of fertilizer and still got a bud. The plant I suspect is pretty sturdy so do not discard/