Tina - I've no idea what other blooms were blooming at the time the open-pollination occurred. It doesn't matter anyway because any daylilies blooming at that time were all unknowns. Only the newest seedlings sowed last Fall/Winter have known parentage. But the pod parent is marked and I have a photo of the bloom. It still had the tag on the scape and the seeds were ripe so I collect just two plump seeds. This plant was one of the earlier blooming daylilies (#9 out of 120 older seedlings that I labeled and photographed the blooms), so it might have been during a time when many of my other "nectar" plants in my yard had not started blooming yet. Which would explain the open pollination. There have been years I've had several open-pollinated seed pods on my unknown seedlings. But I believe that was the year that I had hummingbirds still around .... probably a nesting RTH female. I haven't seen a late Spring/Summer hummer here in 2 years. So my open-pollination has since dropped to almost zero the past 2 years.
How viable these 2 seeds are is yet to be known, but I will be sowing them soon. I am not surprised at the possible parent genes on this plant. I believe the seedling to be a cross of Roses in Snow x unknown. I have many hybridized seedlings that look similar to this bloom. It is very pod and pollen fertile and the red petals with creme edging seems to show up in most of the crosses. It would be an interesting one to cross with a heavy patterned bloom like Dragonfly Dawn (I have 4 DD x DD seedlings) or Waves of Joy (I don't have those genetics). And a very hardy plant for me. And being a deep red would attract hummingbirds, but this likely happened due to a bumble or honey bee. Either way, I always find it fascinating!
