I have some questions about recording stats on some of my seedlings ...
How do you measure "Height"? What are you measuring precisely? From where on the plant to where? (I am assuming from the ground to the end of the scape OR to the end of the highest bloom?)
How do you measure "Bloom Size"? From petal length to petal petal length (hard to do) or petal to opposite sepal?
How do you determine if the foliage is "evergreen", "semi-evergreen", or "dormant" in the southern states such as Florida? What constitutes each of those foliage stats?
What time frame defines "early", "mid-season", and "late" blooming in the southern states?
Does the plant have to rebloom numerous times or just one time of reblooming a season to be considered a rebloomer?
How do you know if a plant is diurnal or nocturnal? What defines that classification? Is there any other type besides diurnal, nocturnal?
"Bud Count" - Is that the total bud count per plant including one OR many scapes? Does that include blooming buds only or any buds that appear on the plant scape whether they bloom or not (some blooms never seem to develop)?
"Branches" count - Is that how many branches on a given scape? Or the total of ALL scape branches per plant. What defines a "branch"?
What is "Seedling #"? Where does that number come from and how is it determined?
What is "Parentage"? You list the pod parent first, then pollen parent? If it is not a registered parent you call it "sdlg" (seedling)? Or if you know the parents of the seedling you list them if they are registered daylilies?
"Color" - Is this just a description of the bloom or also the foliage? How do you determine what terminology to use? Where can I find the terminology to correctly define the color?
How are the names picked? Can you use similar names with a minor change in the name? How long does it take to get a name approval?
What year should be listed for a new seedling when registering? The year it was produced as a seed, the year it was started as a seedling, or the year you are registering it? Or some other date?
What else should a hybridizer record of a particular daylily, especially if they are wanting to register the plant in the future?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to clarify specifically what these different registration stats mean!
