I have been grateful to gain many helpful insights from the experienced and knowledgeable hybridizers here
. Perhaps some of you would be so kind as to share thoughts on some questions that are on my mind as a newbie about to begin a little bit of hybridizing?
1. Is there anything different about hybridizing dips as opposed to tets? Any very general “rules” or things that happen more commonly when crossing dips? About 15% of my daylilies are dips and I would like to try my hand at a few crosses, but wondering if I need to approach that differently...
2. Why do I keep reading about hybridizers leaving dips to focus on tets? Is it because is it “easier” to get changes in tets?
3. Are green blooms “albino” blooms where there is a lack of pigmentation? Why do green blooms generally seem to fade to white (or am I wrong on that)? Does one do anything differently when making a cross with a green bloom as one of the parents? What happens when green blooms are crossed with non-green blooms?
4. When using a white daylily as a parent with a colored daylily, does it frequently lighten the color of the colored daylily, or just "yield" completely to the colored daylily, or just random results?
5. I have a daylily that was introduced in 2008, and I read on the hybridizer’s website that he is making a lot of crosses with it. But no introductions have been made with it as a parent. What are the odds that all those crosses turned out “badly”? If it is likely, should I abort my plans to use it as a parent?
