Compare to 'Everydaylily Pink Wings' - NOT AHS registered. A 'mass-market cultivar' by Heemskerk (?) (Holland) ....
There are a few other's in this series, plus by other similarly focused nursery plant operations. Bred & selected & introduced & named/labelled & marketed for 'garden plants' , for landscaping, for their early-season & reblooming characteristics to enable early season impulse purchases . Usually selected by the breeder/grower/marketer for the early season - almost 'immature' bloom - ie. Blooms early & while still rapidly developing for the season so they look good in a pot, on the shelf - to appeal to the impulse buyer, giving immediate colour satisfaction in the garden. (A plant in bloom - or showing buds - will outsell many, many others alongside it without - Thus the mass merchandiser's, marketer's preferred stocking item - easy, quick sales.)
Most on this forum think 'AHS & Registered' by amateur & professional daylily breeders ... But there are multitudes more who simply want to decorate their driveway or back patio or front yard - the term I apply is 'Yard Decorators' - as compared to 'involved gardeners' and/or daylily aficionados.) who are NOT really plants people. These legitimate folks want instant colour, repetitive colour, with minimal actual gardening work - Decorators of their property as they do similarly to their bedroom or kitchen .....
Thus simplistically there are two overlapping types of breeders involved: The one who works to improve the plant & create something new, original, etc. (AHS type - aka 'Hybridizers') .... and the mass-market focused breeder who wants to produce plants with 'easy sell' characteristics for the 'less intense' buyer who wants something to go with their geraniums, impatiens , petunias, etc.
Nevertheless, many of the latter have put cultivars into the marketplace that work well for everyone. For every 100 AHS Registered cultivars sold at any time, there are THOUSANDS of 'yard decorating' daylily purchases made.