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Feb 2, 2015 8:21 AM CST
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Name: Char
Vermont (Zone 4b)
Daylilies Forum moderator Region: Vermont Enjoys or suffers cold winters Hybridizer Dog Lover
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Happy Groundhog Day...six more weeks of winter. The January Daylily Alphabet was a bright spot of color for all of us with the many beautiful images of our daylilies posted to the threads. For February I thought maybe we could take a look at and discuss the different terms associated with daylilies......our experiences, questions, definitions, additional information, images, etc.
One place to find terms is The AHS Dictionary of Daylily Terms. There are 13 "A" terms listed relating to daylilies
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...

I found images of Anthers in my files ....

Most daylily blooms have 6 anthers. They are located at the tip of the stamens. Stamens have two parts, the long stem is called the filament and at the end of the filament is the anther with 2 pollen sacs containing the pollen.
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Early in the morning the anthers are closed....
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As the day warms the two pollen sacs begin to open and the pollen dries and gets fluffy....
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A fully open anther ....
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For hybridizing the entire stamen can be picked and the filament used as a handle... for dabbing the pollen when making crosses.....and for carrying the all important pollen from flower to flower when stuck between the lips or teeth of the hybridizer. I sometimes will have 3 or 4 carried this way...sorry no images Hilarious!
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Feb 2, 2015 11:29 AM CST
Moderator
Name: Char
Vermont (Zone 4b)
Daylilies Forum moderator Region: Vermont Enjoys or suffers cold winters Hybridizer Dog Lover
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More "A's" I think of are...

ALFALFA pellets, the daylilies and worms love them!

APPLIQUES, a few of my favorites...





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Feb 2, 2015 12:26 PM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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I don't have any pictures of "A's", but I think this will be an interesting thread. I love the anther pics Thumbs up

While looking at the terms on the AHS site, I looked up AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY (AHS) and was surprised to see that it is... "The organization designated by the Royal Horticulture Society for registering clones of the genus Hemerocallis - (daylilies)". I didn't realize this.
May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown
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Feb 2, 2015 12:44 PM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
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I don't know how that got in there but it's not correct. It should be the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), not the RHS.

Edited to add, it has now been fixed. Well spotted, Vickie!
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Feb 2, 2015 3:22 PM CST
Name: Julie C
Roanoke, VA (Zone 7a)
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Sue, It wouldn't surprise me if that error goes back to the original data first added to the website by Tim and George Lawrence many years ago. No one has mentioned it until today. I have already sent the correction to Tim and ( although I haven't checked) he let me know almost immediately that the correction has been made. Thanks for the catch!

Julie Covington
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Feb 2, 2015 3:35 PM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
Annuals Native Plants and Wildflowers Keeps Horses Dog Lover Daylilies Region: Canadian
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Julie, I'm surprised none of us noticed it before! I told Tim about it as soon as I saw Vickie's post, and he told me he made the change - I did check and had to refresh the page to see it, but yes indeed it is fixed. I helped with some of the DD entries way back in the original days, mostly the pest and disease entries and a few to do with botany etc., but never noticed that error.
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Feb 2, 2015 4:58 PM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Region: Indiana Garden Art Annuals Clematis Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 2
Thanks, Sue. As a new member of the AHS, I'm glad to be of help, albeit unwittingly!
May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown
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Feb 3, 2015 10:19 AM CST
Name: Ashton & Terry
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
Windswept Farm & Gardens
Butterflies Keeps Sheep Pollen collector Region: Oklahoma Lilies Irises
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Here are some appliqués

Violet Stained Glass
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Paleo Point X Michael Davisson seedling
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Aerial Appliqué
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Kidfishing
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Feb 3, 2015 5:24 PM CST
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Name: Char
Vermont (Zone 4b)
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Those are really nice kid! I had a sdlg with a small applique from Michael Davisson last year that was moved to the keep bed..it's MD X Aqua Tech.
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Have you seen Rich Howards new applique intro Malala?
http://www.ctdaylily.com/Malal...

Another cool pattern that I thought of and fits "A" is the Avante Garde. Dan Hansen had a line and introduced several. I don't know where the term originated from for the pattern, maybe with Steve Moldovan's Avante Garde which has the pattern.


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Feb 3, 2015 10:00 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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Well I was just down in the garden the other day and found thousands of "A's" all over my daylilies, yes Aphids!
It is that time of year here and they were deep down inside the leaves, I keep a small spray bottle of diluted ammonia handy and sprayed them with that, the next day the daylilies looked much cleaner.
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Feb 3, 2015 10:22 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
What's the formula Larry @Seedfork? I just found aphids today on one that has kept green foliage all winter and I haven't decided how to deal with them yet.
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Feb 3, 2015 10:28 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
Composter Daylilies Garden Photography Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level Plant Identifier
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Region: Alabama
I have a bottle that I fill up regularly, so up to the mark with water, then the rest with ammonia. So, that is not much help, but I started using it on my hostas for slugs, and the best I recall there was a very wide variance in the ratios recommended. so by trial and error I experimented until I got about a weak of a solution that seemed effective, somewhere around 12 parts water to 1 part ammonia would be close.
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Feb 4, 2015 12:10 AM CST
Name: Ashton & Terry
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
Windswept Farm & Gardens
Butterflies Keeps Sheep Pollen collector Region: Oklahoma Lilies Irises
Hybridizer Hummingbirder Hostas Daylilies Region: United States of America Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Here's Geneva Firetruck
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Feb 4, 2015 12:17 AM CST
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly"
South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b)
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In addition to doing a rust purge, I am battling the "A"s (aphids), too. Glare I just saw them today; about 3 plants were totally infested. Since I had a spray bottle of Dawn solution handy, I tried that. (I think someone else on this forum has used it on aphids before...)
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
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Feb 4, 2015 12:27 PM CST
Name: Kim W
Md (Zone 6a)
More daylilies!!!!
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Any type of dish soap will work on Aphids. Just like insecticidal soap. If it's not a huge infestation just squishing them works with the added benefit of being satisfying revenge. Sticking tongue out
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Feb 5, 2015 9:05 AM CST
Name: Betty
MN zone 4b
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What about the Abundance of daylily cultivars with more being added each year. Always something tempting to all of us daylily possessed gardeners. Whistling
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Betty MN Zone4 AHS member

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Feb 10, 2015 6:03 PM CST
Missouri (Zone 6a)
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Addictive! No one has just one, right?

I always have room somewhere for one more. Smiling
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Feb 11, 2015 3:20 AM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
Bee Lover Garden Photography Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Region: United States of America
Region: Indiana Garden Art Annuals Clematis Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 2
Definitely room for 'just one more"!! Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing I gave some away last year knowing that those spots would be filled again. Addiction is right Hilarious!
May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown
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Feb 16, 2015 12:14 PM CST
Missouri (Zone 6a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Identifier
Artificial lights. Many people start their dl seedlings indoors and use artificial lights.
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Feb 23, 2015 9:52 AM CST
7A (Zone 7a)
Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Level 1
Anthers, black and white backed.


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