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

Polymerous Daylilies Grouped By Hybridizer Name

These polymerous daylilies are grouped alphabetically by hybridizer/registrant. Click the cultivar name to view master detail information.

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

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