Gleni, love all those beautiful blooms.
Here is a link to explain Gleni's description of the bird sound.
http://youtu.be/RZWHUU41gsk

Good friend of mine just spent four weeks in Australia visiting her son. He was a former Chicago White Sox minor league player. She told a story of a few cups of coffee and a couple muffin for around $28 us. She's is originally from Holland. Very sweet lady.

That's them Mike!!! It is amazing what is on You Tube. Rain forecast for today. I must do my photos before it comes. It is amazing what a couple of drops can do to a bloom.

Just watched the video, and the dogs came unglued! They are positive that we are being attacked by aliens!

You should have seen boy-child..."puppy, puppy!"

Hot Ember. An early Stamile. I have a love hate relationship with it. I am uncertain whether or not it is a good orange. It certainly hates me and refuses to pose properly or purposely gets rained on.

Glen, I'm not sure if it is the time of day, soil, or what, but Hot Ember for me is a brighter orange and I've always liked it. I still think you have a nice plant there.

Hot Ember ! A sight for sore eyes right now. We could record the sounds of the birds and use them with our alarm system.

Gleni, here is another unusual bird, on Youtube. where else .
http://youtu.be/tXE6aUGb4zw

Hazelcrestmikeb said:Hot Ember ! A sight for sore eyes right now. We could record the sounds of the birds and use them with our alarm system.

I was thinking that it would work great for a smoke alarm, too! Or maybe just something to use to mess with the dogs!

Glen, I was curious if you are able to find a local seller for the daylilies that were hybridized here? And does Australia have their own society for registrations? I have never looked into whether or not there are societies in different countries. It is all very fascinating to me, and I'm really enjoying seeing the ones that were hybridized over there! Too bad they aren't registered, but it doesn't really matter. They are so pretty!

Vickie, I took another photo of Hot Ember this morning. This is about the colour - but they can be variable and ragged by lunch. I remember those years ago when I bought it - it was one of my first - how disappointed I was it didn't match the appealing picture in the brochure. It wasn't to be my last disappointed. Now I try to look at photos of cultivars from many sources before purchase.

Natalie, yes there is an Australian Daylily Society. AHS is the body for registrations as in the US. There are several Australian sellers who "stock the latest and best from breeders in the US". Whoever, it is a filtering system that leaves one coveting what does not make it to Australia. When one trawls the net and sees what is actually out there: drool. The advantage is that they are not as expensive by the time they are available here.

Here is another Double Rosedale from yesterday.

That is a good advantage Glen! I never buy the latest and greatest because of the cost, and I want to make sure that they actually do well for others before buying anyway. So, I stick with older ones, and I'm very happy. However, I do allow myself to drool!

Love Double Rosedale:)

That picture of Hot Ember looks more like mine. I too, have found that I want to see as many pictures of a cultivar so I know more about the true color. I've found that I'm usually more disappointed in some other trait besides the color, like not opening all the way or blooming down in the foliage. But when two or more issues arise, I'd probably get rid of it and reserve the space for a better one.

I also check other pictures when trying to decide if I want a particular daylily. The plant database here is a fantastic source for pictures, and I'm on there often! I think most of us have been disappointed by a bloom or two, when basing them solely on the hybridizers pictures.

Yeah. My opinion, just my opinion, mind you, is that hybridizers' photos should always be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism. Perfect growing conditions for them are often far and away from what the rest of us manage to achieve and the blooms are affected accordingly.

Debra - So true! My yard is far from ideal conditions!

One of the things I like about the plant database here is that it lists daylily child plants. I like to see what off-spring that any daylily produces looks like because I like to dabble in hybridizing.