Hi Fred,
Maybe it's time and I should start with a bit of history relating to the My DL issue. When I was preparing the first article on Sculpted forms back late summer of 2008 I asked various hybridizers if I could use their images in the article. One of the images I asked to use was Michael's Sword. At this point, there were no official terms for the various forms and ithe article was submitted using the term beard (for what is now the Sculpted Cristate form). The members of the AHS Scientific committee correctly denied the use of beard, it is a botanical term with a long standing definition in botany and does not apply to daylilies or this form, as well as other terms that were proposed for incorrect botanical usage. Futher discussions on what terms could be used with the hybridizers and SSC for the forms in the article and the realization that constructive, friendly conversation was impossible regarding the term beard, I had no choice but to remove Michael's Sword from the article. After the first article was published, the My DL site came to be and the incorrect and confusing information about this form of sculpting surfaced. After the publishing of the second article in the winter 09 Daylily Journal work began with several committees, including an informal Sculpted form committee and others within AHS, as well as expert outside sources, working to officially define Sculpted form and the sub-forms Pleated, Relief and Cristate for registration. Now that we have official definitions and Sculpted forms are accepted by AHS, the registration authority for Hemerocallis, it is important that the correct information about Sculpted forms is made available. The accepted forms of Sculpted are Pleated, Relief and Cristate. Sculpted forms all involve structural changes to the surfaces of the petal. A daylily can have one form of sculpting or even all three.
Your seedling pictured above would be considered a Sculpted Pleated Cristate form for registration as has been defined by AHS. The seedling exhibits the folding and raised platform seen in the Pleated form as well as the appendages of petal tissue on the petal surface of the Cristate form. I hope you've had a chance to view the PowerPoint on Sculpted forms. There is more information available there than could be covered within the pages of the Daylily Journal article. Below is a cross section of the petal from Sigourney used in the Shapes of Distinction article showing the appendages growing from the petal surface.
