DogsNDaylilies said: I pollinated it with tet and dip and we'll see which ones take. If none of them take, maybe I have a trip?
Unfortunately if none take it may just mean that it is sterile as a pod parent (female sterile).
I assume that trips x trips take easily, right?
They may "take", that is set pods but the pods are not likely to survive.
Simplified version:
For both diploids and tetraploids the total number of chromosomes is divisible by two. That means when the plant makes its pollen and ovules it can move a balanced set of its chromosomes to each. When the seed is produced the balanced sets are combined and the seedling has the exact same number of chromosomes as its parents had.
A diploid daylily has 11 pairs of chromosomes - its pollen has 11 chromosomes (one from each pair).
For the sake of this example a tetraploid daylily has 22 pairs of chromosomes - its pollen has 22 chromosomes (one from each pair) - this is a simplified version of what happens in tetraploids - in real life there are complex problems in tetraploids. Some of those problems are similar to those in triploids.
A triploid daylily has 11 triples of each chromosome - its pollen can have anywhere from 11 chromosomes to 22 chromosomes or perhaps even other numbers. The triplet chromosomes cannot be divided evenly and simply for the pollen. The uneven numbers of chromosomes in the pollen and ovule result in uneven numbers in the potential seed and cause problems so that they do not usually develop.
