Today while making my crosses I ran across two daylilies('Tuscawilla Tigress' one bloom and 'Brocaded Gown' one bloom) that had split pistils and I found one daylily that the style was much shorter than the stamens ('Lullaby Baby' all open blooms). Yesterday I found the style on 'Laughing Feather' to be very long and have almost 90 degree bends in it. Today it was better but still very long and with a few kinks.
I noticed that the stamens on 'Royal Eventide' are almost always incorporated with extra petal material and it leaves very little pollen left to work with.
So I would like for everyone who spots some oddities while doing their rounds in the garden each day to please post them here. Please feel free to ask any questions your might have also. There will be some questions about the things seen and maybe others can provide answers to us newbies.
I did pollinate all three of the separated parts of the pistils on the plants, I did not even try the style on 'Laughing Feather' that had the sharp kinks in it. I did try two of the very short styles on 'Lullaby Baby' just to see if they would take.
I often see no trace of the liquid at the tip of the stigma, but I normally go ahead and put pollen on it anyhow. Hope I got the daylily parts named correctly, it gets a little confusing to me.
