Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly" South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b) "The mountains are calling..."
It is my understanding that bud count is dependent on where you live, anyway; the further north (from FL) you go, the fewer the buds. (And then there's possibly also less rebloom?) I certainly don't get much beyond the low 20s per branch here, on my large flowered daylilies.
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom