This one is odd. The garden name is "the tulip"... It has two Hanson's for parents.. but it is years and years old. Curt introduced one on the cover of his catalog this year that is very similar called Nude Yoga.
You have to see it to understand it. This is how it opens. Some people think it is a flower that is not opening. But, it has two parents that throw the pinching in the throat. So, it is SO pinched, that the petals stand straight up. The petals curl back behind, and make a tunnel that you can stick your finger in. I never seem to get a photo that really shows what it is doing.
It has been the most used pollen here since it's first bloom. Since I quit growing seedlings, I have given them to Curt to grow.
OK - now imagine this style, with the extreme pinching, crossed to some really long petaled thing like Bali Watercolor. I am thinking you **could** get a daylily that had petals that stand straight up for 2-3 inches, pinching, then the rest of the petal would lay over normally - giving a very three dimensional look.... or sort of like fireworks.
