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

Happy Moose Gardens

Cultivar Name Alphabetical Listing

These polymerous daylilies are arranged in alphabetical order by cultivar name. Click the cultivar name to view master detail information. A column is also available on this page to indicate if a picture is in the database. If you have an image of a missing cultivar please email it to me for inclusion in the database. Also, if you hav a better image than the one displayed please send it for replacement.

Cultivar Name	Pic.	Hybridizer	Reg. Year	Poly %
Ajure Sunrise	Y	Smith-T.L.	2006	5%
Ambrosia Sundayhaus	Y	Smith-T.L.	2004	50%
Ann A Santaniello	N	Corbeil	2007	20%
As You Wish	N	Murphy-J.P.	2005	20%
Aslan's Mane	N	King-M.	2001	95%
Awaba Sunray	N	Charman	2005	15%
Bachelor's Dream	N	Holzrichter	2004	40%
Banjo Bird	N	Reed	2006	25%
Bedford 275 Anniversary	N	Doorakian	2004	5%
Bee's Marcia Rigsby	N	Downie	2003	50%
Beware the Wizard	Y	Couturier-G.	1995	75%
Bluegrass Bubblegum	N	Burris	2005	20%
Bob Daniel	N	Burris	2005	20%
Boot Scoot'n County San Joaquin	N	Stoneking-Jones	2002	80%
Bring Home The Gold	N	Polston	2007	20%
Butterfield Eight	Y	Reinke-B.	2004	20%
Carolina Flying Poly Possum	Y	Baxter	2002	90%
Carolina Octopus	Y	Baxter	2002	65%
Centennial Brady William	N	Crawford	2003	60%
Centennial Eight	N	Crawford	2003	80%
Centennial Four Moons	N	Crawford	2003	60%
Centennial Gambler's Dream	Y	Crawford	1998	100%
Centennial Gold Dream	N	Crawford	2003	90%
Centennial Purple Drum	N	Crawford	2003	60%
Centennial Square	N	Crawford	2003	90%
Chesapeake Bay Sunset	N	Bunting	2007	20%
Chief Four Fingers	Y	Roberts-N.	2002	80%
Chris Fatman Wilson	N	Glidden	1976	50%
Christmas Coming	N	Reinke-B.	2006	20%
Cole's Cantuckee Peach	N	Cole-D.	2006	1%
Counter-Terrorist	Y	Baxter	2006	75%
Delicate One	N	Reinke-J.	2006	20%
Double Medusa	N	Gossard	2005	20%
Dowis Mama's Best	N	Stackman-Denham	2000	20%
Dressed in Lace	N	Scott-E.	2004	7%
Eight Days a Week	N	Sayers	2004	99%
Emerald Starburst	N	Doorakian	2004	15%
Extra Addition	Y	Reinke-B.	2004	85%
Flint Hills Show Girl	N	Walker-G.V.	2005	25%
Forsyth Tepaled Double	N	Lefever	1998	60%
Four Diamonds	Y	Roberts-N.	2005	80%
Four-Play	Y	PANSING	1998	90%
Fuchsia Four	Y	Reinke	1995	90%
Full of Fours	N	Love-R.	1999	85%
Gary's Light	N	Dovel	2007	85%
Generation X	Y	Dye-C.	1999	60%
George Brossard	N	Rochelea-M.	2004	10%
Give Me Eight	Y	Reinke	1993	70%
Got No Goat	Y	Baxter	2000	80%
Grapefruit Guts	Y	Millhorn	1998	90%
Great Sand Dunes National Park	N	Stoneking-Jones	2002	60%
Greywoods Dixie Belle	Y	Wilkinson	2003	15%
Greywoods Dressage Queen	N	Wilkinson	2002	15%
Han-lin	N	Dickerson	2004	50%
Heavenly Starfire	Y	Gossard	2001	10%
Heliosphere	N	Patton	2006	75%
Hilda Dean	Y	Alleman	2007	95%
Hip To Be Square	N	Norris-R.	2007	60%
Hooded Cobra	N	Mahieu-Burris	2007	60%
How Should I Bloom	Y	Baxter	2006	40%
Hypnotized	Y	Petit	2005	75%
I Am Not A Mutant	Y	Baxter	2006	100%
I Got Bingo	N	Paine-Rochester	2002	10%
I Have Issues	Y	Baxter	2005	75%
Irish Handshake	Y	Roberts-N.	2002	50%
Janene's Ghost	N	Forrester	2006	50%
John R. Pike	N	Doorakian	2004	80%
Josie Crosby	N	Reinke-B.	2004	5%
Julia's Dream	N	Mercer-R.	1999	50%
Kay's Southern Elegance	N	Stoneking-Jones	2001	60%
Larry Young's Wow	Y	Sayers	2004	90%
Lillian's Crazy Arms	Y	Manning	2002	80%
Linden Fantasy	N	Waring	2006	1%
Lisa Inez	N	Glassford	2004	10%
Lordy Mercy	N	Olson-E.	2005	10%
Love and Dazzle	N	Lamb-K.	2006	5%
Magical Indeed	N	Petit	2005	80%
Magnolia Poly Princess	N	Lewis-JE.	2003	90%
Mary Lou Johnson	N	Kepf	2004	10%
Mavis Gwendolyn Carter	N	Mahieu-Burris	2007	5%
Mermaids Splash	N	MacDonald-L.	2006	20%
Midnight Rendezvous	N	Corbett	2005	10%
Moana Gloria May	Y	Higgins	1999	75%
Mont Royal Spirit	N	Reinke-J.	2007	20%
Moosa Pa Loosa	Y	Baxter	2006	20%
Moosie My Love	Y	Baxter	2003	90%
Mountain Laurel Sundayhaus	Y	Smith-T.L.	2006	100%
Mudra	Y	Clover	1999	90%
Mutant Species	Y	Baxter	2006	90%
Mystic Jellyfish	N	Gossard	2006	50%
Navajo Sand Painting	Y	Bawden	2006	30%
Nawsett Wee Willy Memorial	N	Foley	2006	50%
Nina Worthy	N	Amerson	2007	60%
Osterized	Y	Hite-Davisson	1999	50%
Padmasana	Y	Clover	2000	99%
Pancake Platypus	Y	Baxter	2002	75%
Peck's Poly	N	Peck-Reinke	2000	70%
Plein Air Paintbrush	Y	Burris	2006	30%
Polar Wind	N	Kent-J.	2007	95%
Poly Cupping Up	N	Reinke-J.	2006	95%
Poly Foxing Around	N	Forrester	2005	95%
Poly Parrot	Y	Morss	2007	75%
Polymultipetalicious	N	Unger-J.	2007	99%
Quad Quiddity	Y	Wetzel	2004	75%
Queen Kathleen	N	Doorakian	2002	25%
Quint Quandary	N	Wetzel	2004	10%
Release Your Inhibitions	Y	Baxter	2006	95%
Remembering Flo Nix	N	Herrington-K.	2006	20%
Resistance is Futile	Y	Baxter	2000	85%
Sallie Brown	Y	Reinke	1994	75%
Secret Agent Babe	Y	Baxter	2006	75%
Simple Origita	N	Golob	2002	70%
Star Poly	N	Herr-D.	2009	95%
Summon the Shadows	N	Stoneking-Jones	2001	30%
Sun Moon Stars	N	Morry	2006	20%
Sweet Meolon	N	Scott-B.A.	2009	100%
Swim Bike Run	Y	Baxter	2012	100%
Sylvan Surprise Eights	N	Hite-Hite	2000	1%
Take Care	N	Zolock	2000	30%
Temporal Anomaly	N	Bond-M.	2003	50%
Tennoaks Hamunaptra	N	Pate-K.	2004	65%
The Moose Camped in a Tent on Tuesday	Y	Baxter	2002	90%
Too Many Petals	Y	Baxter	2002	100%
Warna	N	Byczynski	2007	25%
Zastrugi	Y	Hansen-D.	2006	80%

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