Ok I just was on another site for daylily buyers. Someone showed pictures and asked your question here. I would say they looked a little worse than yours and smaller and everyone was saying how good they looked and just soak them and plant them. Some said most leaves die anyway and new ones will grow and they would probably flower this year. Another interesting thing said was if wrapped in newspaper during shipping a lot of the time the daylilies turn yellow.
So maybe it can be a positive review.
