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

 

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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