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

Ranked By Bloom Size

These polymerous daylilies are arranged in order by blooms size (highest to lowest). Click the cultivar name to view master detail information.

Cultivar Name	Hybridizer	Reg. Year	Bloom Size	Poly %
Mavis Gwendolyn Carter	Mahieu-Burris	2007	10.5"	5%
Mystic Jellyfish	Gossard	2006	10.5"	50%
Carolina Octopus	Baxter	2002	10"	65%
Heavenly Starfire	Gossard	2001	10"	10%
Osterized	Hite-Davisson	1999	10"	50%
Bob Daniel	Burris	2005	9.5"	20%
Poly Foxing Around	Forrester	2005	9.5"	95%
Janene's Ghost	Forrester	2006	9"	50%
Julia's Dream	Mercer-R.	1999	9"	50%
Moana Gloria May	Higgins	1999	9"	75%
As You Wish	Murphy-J.P.	2005	8.5"	20%
Star Poly	Herr-D.	2009	8.5"	95%
Love and Dazzle	Lamb-K.	2006	8.25"	5%
Magnolia Poly Princess	Lewis-JE.	2003	8.25"	90%
Beware the Wizard	Couturier-G.	1995	8"	75%
Butterfield Eight	Reinke-B.	2004	8"	20%
Centennial Eight	Crawford	2003	8"	80%
Counter-Terrorist	Baxter	2006	8"	75%
George Brossard	Rochelea-M.	2004	8"	10%
Give Me Eight	Reinke	1993	8"	70%
Hypnotized	Petit	2005	8"	75%
Mermaids Splash	MacDonald-L.	2006	8"	20%
Queen Kathleen	Doorakian	2002	8"	25%
Sylvan Surprise Eights	Hite-Hite	2000	8"	1%
Temporal Anomaly	Bond-M.	2003	8"	50%
Double Medusa	Gossard	2005	7.5"	20%
Lisa Inez	Glassford	2004	7.5"	10%
Moosa Pa Loosa	Baxter	2006	7.5"	20%
Plein Air Paintbrush	Burris	2006	7.5"	30%
Secret Agent Babe	Baxter	2006	7.5"	75%
Zastrugi	Hansen-D.	2006	7.5"	80%
Carolina Flying Poly Possum	Baxter	2002	7"	90%
Centennial Four Moons	Crawford	2003	7"	60%
Chesapeake Bay Sunset	Bunting	2007	7"	20%
Christmas Coming	Reinke-B.	2006	7"	20%
Delicate One	Reinke-J.	2006	7"	20%
Dressed in Lace	Scott-E.	2004	7"	7%
Eight Days a Week	Sayers	2004	7"	99%
Four Diamonds	Roberts-N.	2005	7"	80%
Fuchsia Four	Reinke	1995	7"	90%
Irish Handshake	Roberts-N.	2002	7"	50%
Lillian's Crazy Arms	Manning	2002	7"	80%
Mary Lou Johnson	Kepf	2004	7"	10%
Mont Royal Spirit	Reinke-J.	2007	7"	20%
Mudra	Clover	1999	7"	90%
Mutant Species	Baxter	2006	7"	90%
Polar Wind	Kent-J.	2007	7"	95%
Sallie Brown	Reinke	1994	7"	75%
Sun Moon Stars	Morry	2006	7"	20%
Greywoods Dixie Belle	Wilkinson	2003	6.75"	15%
Boot Scoot'n County San Joaquin	Stoneking-Jones	2002	6.5"	80%
Gary's Light	Dovel	2007	6.5"	85%
Kay's Southern Elegance	Stoneking-Jones	2001	6.5"	60%
Navajo Sand Painting	Bawden	2006	6.5"	30%
Peck's Poly	Peck-Reinke	2000	6.5"	70%
Poly Parrot	Morss	2007	6.5"	75%
Remembering Flo Nix	Herrington-K.	2006	6.5"	20%
Sweet Meolon	Scott-B.A.	2009	6.5"	100%
Heliosphere	Patton	2006	6.25"	75%
John R. Pike	Doorakian	2004	6.25"	80%
Pancake Platypus	Baxter	2002	6.25"	75%
Ambrosia Sundayhaus	Smith-T.L.	2004	6"	50%
Ann A Santaniello	Corbeil	2007	6"	20%
Aslan's Mane	King-M.	2001	6"	95%
Bee's Marcia Rigsby	Downie	2003	6"	50%
Bluegrass Bubblegum	Burris	2005	6"	20%
Bring Home The Gold	Polston	2007	6"	20%
Centennial Brady William	Crawford	2003	6"	60%
Centennial Gold Dream	Crawford	2003	6"	90%
Centennial Purple Drum	Crawford	2003	6"	60%
Chief Four Fingers	Roberts-N.	2002	6"	80%
Chris Fatman Wilson	Glidden	1976	6"	50%
Dowis Mama's Best	Stackman-Denham	2000	6"	20%
Extra Addition	Reinke-B.	2004	6"	85%
Generation X	Dye-C.	1999	6"	60%
Got No Goat	Baxter	2000	6"	80%
I Am Not A Mutant	Baxter	2006	6"	100%
Josie Crosby	Reinke-B.	2004	6"	5%
Larry Young's Wow	Sayers	2004	6"	90%
Linden Fantasy	Waring	2006	6"	1%
Magical Indeed	Petit	2005	6"	80%
Mountain Laurel Sundayhaus	Smith-T.L.	2006	6"	100%
Padmasana	Clover	2000	6"	99%
Poly Cupping Up	Reinke-J.	2006	6"	95%
Release Your Inhibitions	Baxter	2006	6"	95%
Tennoaks Hamunaptra	Pate-K.	2004	6"	65%
Warna	Byczynski	2007	6"	25%
Bedford 275 Anniversary	Doorakian	2004	5.75"	5%
Flint Hills Show Girl	Walker-G.V.	2005	5.5"	25%
Four-Play	PANSING	1998	5.5"	90%
Great Sand Dunes National Park	Stoneking-Jones	2002	5.5"	60%
Greywoods Dressage Queen	Wilkinson	2002	5.5"	15%
Hilda Dean	Alleman	2007	5.5"	95%
Hooded Cobra	Mahieu-Burris	2007	5.5"	60%
How Should I Bloom	Baxter	2006	5.5"	40%
I Got Bingo	Paine-Rochester	2002	5.5"	10%
I Have Issues	Baxter	2005	5.5"	75%
Quad Quiddity	Wetzel	2004	5.5"	75%
Resistance is Futile	Baxter	2000	5.5"	85%
Simple Origita	Golob	2002	5.5"	70%
Summon the Shadows	Stoneking-Jones	2001	5.5"	30%
Take Care	Zolock	2000	5.5"	30%
Emerald Starburst	Doorakian	2004	5.25"	15%
Ajure Sunrise	Smith-T.L.	2006	5"	5%
Awaba Sunray	Charman	2005	5"	15%
Bachelor's Dream	Holzrichter	2004	5"	40%
Banjo Bird	Reed	2006	5"	25%
Centennial Gambler's Dream	Crawford	1998	5"	100%
Centennial Square	Crawford	2003	5"	90%
Hip To Be Square	Norris-R.	2007	5"	60%
Lordy Mercy	Olson-E.	2005	5"	10%
Midnight Rendezvous	Corbett	2005	5"	10%
Moosie My Love	Baxter	2003	5"	90%
Cole's Cantuckee Peach	Cole-D.	2006	4.5"	1%
Forsyth Tepaled Double	Lefever	1998	4.5"	60%
Full of Fours	Love-R.	1999	4.5"	85%
Nina Worthy	Amerson	2007	4.5"	60%
Polymultipetalicious	Unger-J.	2007	4.5"	99%
Han-lin	Dickerson	2004	4"	50%
Too Many Petals	Baxter	2002	4"	100%
The Moose Camped in a Tent on Tuesday	Baxter	2002	3.75"	90%
Quint Quandary	Wetzel	2004	3.25"	10%
Nawsett Wee Willy Memorial	Foley	2006	3"	50%
Grapefruit Guts	Millhorn	1998	2.875"	90%
Swim Bike Run	Baxter	2012	0"	100%

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