It seem that even the American Daylily Society has conflicting information:
Their image says it's a scape
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...
But according to their own definitions of stalks and scapes:
"The flower stalk is the entire scape above the crown."
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...
"The flower scape is the entire stalk above the crown."
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...
WHAT ????
I didn't happen to find where the iris flower stem is designated.
Technically and botanically speaking:
---- Neither have scapes, as a scape is a leafless flower "stem". Both iris and daylilies have bracts on their flower "stems", and bracts are modified leaves.
---- Both iris and daylilies have stalks, as a stalk is a varying length of "stem" connecting an organ to the rest of the plant. for instance, a leaf stalk is a petiole; a flower stalk is a pedicel.
http://www.pacificcoastiris.or...
So that doesn't clear anything up, either.
I'm good with the vernacular, if iris people want to call it a stalk, and daylily people want to call it a scape, or even if they want to use the terms interchangeably. Just say so in no uncertain terms!
