Daylily Abbreviations and Terms
Crown | The white area between the leaves and the roots, the crown is a modified stem on the daylily. |
DIP | A Diploid daylily. |
Diploid | Has two complete sets of chromosones in each cell, 22 chromosones. |
DOR | Daylily foliage becomes dormant in the winter |
Double | A daylily which has additional petals & or sepals, single daylilies have only 3 petals & 3 sepals. |
E | This daylily flowers early in the season |
EE | This daylily flowers extra early in the season |
EMO | This daylily flower opens early in the morning. |
EV | This daylily has evergreen foliage |
Ext.(Extended) bloom | Daylily flowers which stay open over an extended period of time ie; over 16 hours. |
Fan | Is a complete division of the plant which consists of leaves, crown & roots. |
Hybridiser | Person who bred the hybrid by hand pollination. |
L | This daylily flowers late in the season |
M | This daylily flowers in the middle of the season |
Miniature | Flowers less than 3 inches. |
ML | This daylily flowers middle to late in the season |
Ploidy | Number of sets of chromosones (this is important when hybridising) because a diploid will not set seed on a tetraploid and visa versa. |
Polypetal | A daylily which has 4 or more petals and 4 or more sepals in a flat whorl. |
Scape | A scape is the flower stalk above the crown. |
Scape Height | The mature average scape height |
Season | Approximate time of flowering in a season |
SEV | This daylily has semi evergreen foliage |
Spider | A flower which has petals at least 4 times longer than the width of the petals. |
TET | A Tetraploid daylily. |
Tetraploid | Has four complete sets of chromosones in each cell, 44 chromosones. |
UF | This is an unusual formed daylily, must have unusual characteristics on 3 sepals or petals. |
Year | Year the hybridizer registered the plant with the American Hemerocallis Society. |