I found this last year when i repotted soooooo many plants. I think when plants are in pots, it's just easier to see. When I found the first stolon, I went to the AHS website to find out what it was. Once I noticed, I had a bunch of plants that multiplied like this. I'd notice it because they look like they are trying grow up the inside edge of the pot and not next to the other fan in the pot. I find it a whole lot easier to divide when the plants aren't attached to the crown of the orginal plant. This is why you are seeing more and more plants listed as 2 fans virsus double fan because they aren't attached. Of course the 2 fans could also have been broken off from the mother plant.
See, just when you thought you had found out everything about daylilies, you find out something else!!! Never a dull moment, well, maybe when I'm pulling that
bermuda grass out of my pots, that's dull! blessings, Mona