Thanks for that great input Fred. I think this is fascinating, and now I understand why a daylily such as the tet SPINDAZZLE that Maryott's was selling this year was so expensive! And I guess my next question(s) would be -- do they ever revert back to diploid, and how is ploidy usually determined on a daylily? Do you determine that a daylily seedling is a tet or dip based on its parentage, or does someone actually look at plant cells under a microscope or something? Sorry to be asking so many beginner questions.
Also, regarding a pollen parent to cross with your seedlings to add different rings of color, do you have any of your own daylilies you could use as a pollen parent that have any blue or deep purple in the eyezone? It seems to me that if you could add some real blue you might get into the deep burgundy to purple tones, and then possibly crossing the resulting seedlings might get to a little more blue purple. Your LILLIAN'S LYING EYES might be a good one to start with, as it has that washed burgundy eye. Of course, these are just suggestions from a beginner who knows very little about plant genetics, but I thought I would just throw this out to get the ball rolling... Does anyone else have any suggestions or ideas?
