@Seedfork
As I accumulated the long wish list, I looked at photos from multiple places. From all over the net. Newer varieties, as was pointed out, don't show too many photos. As they get older and distributed widely, there were more choices. If I decided a daylily made the wish list, then I'd select one of the photos and add it to the wish list file, but I didn't make any effort to keep up with the 'source' of the borrowed photo. That wish file still exists. I add to it from time to time, but not as often as I'm tempted. When I purchase a plant from the wish list, I move the photo to another file listing the daylilies I've acquired and wait for the plant to bloom. The photos serve as a reference for why the plant is on the list and as a reference for ascertaining that I really received the correct named variety. Mistakes happen at times. What surprised me is how well the 'borrowed' photo matches what I see when the plants bloom for me. For myself, internet shopping has been successful. Which is good because I'm not going to be able to see many blooming otherwise. Also, I don't mind taking risks with plants to see if they will grow for me. All that said, though, there are some photos that I used that are in the ATP Database. I don't think that was my source for most, but quite a few are there. So here are some pairs - my 'borrowed' and how mine compared when it bloomed.
I used the photo on the right in the database, but the database has the two combined into a single image.
It's the identical photo, but my 'borrowed' photo came from somewhere else. Where the database photo has 'TCH', the one I borrowed spells out 'GREY WITCH'.
Bright Texas sun makes the photo more pink. Shade photos don't look as pink and match the 'borrowed' photo better.
A lot of hybridizers and commercial gardens generously allow their photos to be added to the ATP Database. That helps the database. I'll leave it up to you folks to decide if the web shopping is working well enough or not.
EDIT, EDIT!! I think my post shouldn't be in this thread at all now that I think about it. I just responded to Larry. I certainly am not regretting any of these purchases.
@Char can this be moved to it's own thread? Maybe along with Larry's question? Call it 'shopping for daylilies using virtual photos' or 'no regrets - virtual daylily shopping' or something!
It's the identical photo, but my 'borrowed' photo came from somewhere else. Where the database photo has 'TCH', the one I borrowed spells out 'GREY WITCH'.
Bright Texas sun makes the photo more pink. Shade photos don't look as pink and match the 'borrowed' photo better.
