Hybridiser: Stamile

Year Registered: 1999

Description:
Red self with chartreuse throat
Spider
Height 32", bloom 12"
Season E, Rebloom
Semi-evergreen
Tetraploid

 

 

 

The photo on the right shows H. 'Web Browser' exhibiting a polymerous bloom. This can be distinguished from the normal bloom by the additional segments: in this case there are four sepals and four petals instead of the usual three of each.

This phenomenon, also known as 'polytepal' or 'polytepalous', is sufficiently interesting for some hybridisers to breed specifically for the trait. Many daylilies will occasionally have a polymerous bloom.