Aren't those characteristics going to be affected by growing conditions? It's like irises and the registered heights, branching and bud counts. In my area, they don't seem to be able to duplicate the registration info no matter how good the growing conditions have been. It's really rare. If the same is true for daylilies, the information is going to be really inconsistent and highly variable from location to location and grower to grower. I think it would take a lot record keeping, not just a few reports, for the information to be statistically valid for a plant. Information is always good, so I'm just wondering out loud here.
I expect registration info is based on optimum conditions that most growers aren't going to provide. It's the potential a plant has, but not necessarily the norm. Buds fall off scapes for me. I don't know why. Counting buds wouldn't represent the number of blooms here, though it probably is an indication of the potential.
