The Ahs can separate bearded from crested but they wont. The two are distinctly different forms and are hybridized as such.
Its not confusing to the hundreds if not a thousand of daylily enthusiasts who follow the bearded daylily. As it stands, a search in any place like here or AHS, you cannot find it on the bearded merit alone. This problem doesn't exist for other forms to date but surely will as the daylily evolves.
From my conversations, it is my understanding that if Brad coined the form anything else...it would have been ok. Hence, you can call a form after clothing or drapes but not anything already in botany (If this makes any sense?).
Instead of working against the bearded daylily, why wasn't an effort made to say we should except it and most definitions in botany when it comes to forms are pretty liberal after all, nature doesn't care about your boxes.
"In a sense this seems to be going against his own interests because of the confusion being caused to potential interested parties/purchasers by having two terms for the same thing."
This couldn't be further from the truth. Again, crested daylilies are not bearded daylilies. The source of the confusion is this.
I get that sometimes there is conflict in what we know vs. what is discovered. I urge AHS and others to work with Brad on getting this distinct form its own name (with stability percentages) to move forward as one. Im afraid until then, this will not be resolved. If anyone is watching FB, knows that the this form is more so recognized as bearded than else. Role with it, embrace it, and leverage it to gain membership. I wont hold my breath for botanical police to knock on my door.
My 2 cents anyway.
