The other daylily with the same parents as the first daylily bloomed today for the first time. Oh my word! To my eyes it is beautiful. It is exactly as I had hoped for except I wanted a larger bloom. This first bloom is 6", the height of the scape is 24".
One thing that I did note about BOTH plants is minimal rust appearance. There are several plants growing right next to these two plants that have leaves nearly covered with rust (on the older leaves). But these two plants may possibly be showing some resistance to rust. The jury is still out on this, but I was quite surprised at so little rust with other nearby plants having a much more serious outbreak of rust at this time. I am hopeful with both plants as I really love what I am seeing with these first blooms.
ZZZ72:
Morning photo:
Side view (you can see the number of buds of potential blooms):
This shows the entire plant (behind it is it's sibling that showed the double bloom and 1 remaining bud):
Afternoon bloom:
