I believe the idea of drying for a few days before refrigerating is to lower the risk of mold on the seeds during storage. It takes longer than a few days to dry daylily seeds significantly internally. Putting dry seeds in the fridge does not stratify them, just stores them without much affecting seed dormancy. That's why we stratify in damp media or add some drops of water so that the seeds can rehydrate, because dry dormant seeds do not respond to chilling.
