Well, to me it just depends. If it's just a garden flower I don't look at parentage, I just buy what I like. If I'm buying for hybridizing I do look at parentage but if the daylily has some qualities I'm looking for and there's no parentage listed I will go ahead and get it.
Sometimes the parentage isn't listed in the AHS database but it will be listed on the hybridizer's site. I don't know why they don't list it when registering it.
I think it was Fred who told me about a lady who would mix all of her pollen together then pollenate the daylilies. And I have heard of a person who just mixes all the seeds together. It may be the same person you mentioned.
When I go through my seeds, if one gets mixed up and I'm not sure what it is I will throw it out. I did keep one cross that the pollen parent is unknown because the tag came off in a storm.
