Bobby Baxter's Polymerous Daylily Database... the flowers formerly known as polytepals
 

CAROLINA FLYING POLY POSSUM by Bobby Baxter

POLYMEROUS vs. POLYTEPAL

In 1995, the American Hemerocallis Society recognized a new classification of daylilies and called them "polytepals." This term was botanically incorrect. At the fall 2008 meeting of the AHS Board of Directors correctly changed the term to "polymerous."

As a leading advocate of this new form of Hemerocallis, I urge all daylily growers and hybridizers to use the term "polymerous" for flowers that are syntepalous, i.e., those that have four or more segments in each whorl that are joined at the base, forming the perianth tube as in daylilies.

The term "polytepalous" refers to multiple flower segments that are completely separate from each other, which is not the case in Hemerocallis.

Additional Polymerous Terms

tetramerous = 4 per whorl ; a tetramer
pentamerous = 5 per whorl; a pentamer
hexamerous = 6 per whorl; a hexamer

Bobby Baxter
Bobby Baxter


Happy Moose Gardens

 

Hemerocallis ‘Remembering Flo Nix’



Hemerocallis ‘Remembering Flo Nix’
Herrington-K., 2006

Description: 20% Polymerous. Red with darker red chevron eye above green throat.   KH-RFN
Bloom: 6.5 inches, 16.51 cm   Height: 34 inches, 86.36 cm
Diploid: Yes   Tetraploid: No   Foliage: semi-evergreen
Season: M   Rebloom: Yes   Bloom: diurnal  Fragrance: no
Parentage: unknown
Spider: No   Ratio: 0:1    Length: 0", 0 cm   Width: 0", 0 cm
Unusual Form: Yes  UF Type: Cascade
Double: No   Percentage: 0%
Cultivar Comments:
Cultivar Change of Status:

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