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bxncbx said:This raises a question I've been pondering myself. Are daylilies like cats? Can you have multiple pod parents in one pod? Any litter of kittens can have multiple fathers. Even if I make sure to do a cross before the bees can I be 100% sure that if a bee does visit later that any pollen it leaves can't also make a seed in the pod? I don't cover the flowers that I cross to prevent bees from visiting. Perhaps I should.

Yes, a pod can have multiple "fathers". Each grain of pollen forms it's own pollen tube, to travel up and make a seed. This is the reason they suggest emasculating the flower when pollinating it, and then also covering it from visiting bees after pollinating it. Right now I have a pod (Amaryllis) forming that has 2 fathers - so I really will not know which baby came from which father.