I was going to ask you about that daylily seedling, Tracey. With that picottee, it must have had some nice parents. Since you already know how to hybridize lilies, I don't think there is anything magical about doing daylilies. The year before last, I crossed Siloam Ury Winnifred with a night blooming, fragrant species (Hemerocallis altissima). The first of the seedlings will be blooming this year. So far they all seem to look just like the species, but Ury Winifred was the pod parent, so I know the cross took.
A few lilies for the day:
- - - Olina
- - - Soireé
Some of you from DG may have gotten seed from me of which one of the parents was a pollenless spotted yellow lily. I have since discovered that it actually does have pollen, but it the anthers are rolled in on itself, and the pollen never gets out! whether the pollen is viable is yet to be determined. I have used it on several crosses now, some of which I already have proven compatible in the reverse. We'll see what happens.
