I talked last year with someone about using polen from a bad bloom. The genes are the same from a good bloom as they arefrom a bad bloom. It really makes sence when you think about it. If the genes changed with the greatness of the bloom, we would never have 2 daylilies just alike. Ok, I'm stepping off into deep water here. If I'm wrong, maybe some of our resident experts will step in before I get this totally wrong. But, to my understanding, the pollen can be used no matter how the bloom looks.
Ok, I'll stop now! Mona
