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

 

Cultivars Classified As Unusual Forms

These are the cultivars that are registered with AHS as Unusual Form polymerous. I have included additional columns to indicate if the cultivar is also registered in multiple form classifications. Click the cultivar name to view master detail information.

Cultivar Name UF Spd Dbl Hybridizer Reg. Year Poly %
As You Wish Yes No No Murphy-J.P. 2005 20%
Aslan's Mane Yes No No King-M. 2001 95%
Christmas Coming Yes No No Reinke-B. 2006 20%
Double Medusa Yes No Yes Gossard 2005 20%
Great Sand Dunes National Park Yes No Yes Stoneking-Jones 2002 60%
Heavenly Starfire Yes No No Gossard 2001 10%
Hooded Cobra Yes No No Mahieu-Burris 2007 60%
Janene's Ghost Yes No Yes Forrester 2006 50%
John R. Pike Yes No No Doorakian 2004 80%
Love and Dazzle Yes No No Lamb-K. 2006 5%
Mavis Gwendolyn Carter Yes No No Mahieu-Burris 2007 5%
Mont Royal Spirit Yes No No Reinke-J. 2007 20%
Moosa Pa Loosa Yes No No Baxter 2006 20%
Mudra Yes No No Clover 1999 90%
Osterized Yes No No Hite-Davisson 1999 50%
Release Your Inhibitions Yes No No Baxter 2006 95%
Remembering Flo Nix Yes No No Herrington-K. 2006 20%
Secret Agent Babe Yes No No Baxter 2006 75%

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