DAYLILY ABBREVATIONS
CROWN
The white area between the leaves & the roots, the crown is a modified stem on the daylily.
DIP
A Diploid daylily
DIPLOID
Has two complete sets of chromosomes in each cell, 22 chromosomes
DOR
Daylily foliage becomes dormant in the winter
DOUBLE
A daylily which has additional petals &, or sepals
E
This daylily flowers early in the season
EE
This daylily flowers extra early in the season
EMO
This daylily flower opens early in the morning
EV
This daylily has evergreen foliage
EXT BLOOM
Daylily flowers which stay open over an extended period of time; over 16 hours
FAN
Is a complete division of the plant which consists of leaves, crown & root
HYBRIDISER
Person who bred the hybrid by hand pollination
L
This daylily flowers late in the season
M
This daylily flowers in the middle of the season
MINIATURE
Flowers less than 3 inches
ML
This daylily flowers middle to late in the season
PLOIDY
Number of sets of chromosomes (very important when hybridizing, as a diploid will not set seed on a tetraploid & visa versa)
POLYPETAL
A daylily which has 4 or more petals & 4 or more sepals in a flat whorl
SCAPE
A scape is the flower stalk above the crown
SCAPE HEIGHT
The mature average scape height
SEASON
Approximate time of flowering in a season
SEV
This daylily has semi evergreen foliage
SINGLE
A single daylily has only 3 petals & 3 sepals
SPIDER
A flower which has petals at least 4 times longer than the width of the petal
TET
A tetraploid daylily
TETRAPLOID
Has four complete sets of chromosomes in each cell, 44 chromosomes
UF
This is an unusual formed daylily, must have unusual characteristics on 3 petals or sepals
YEAR
Year the hybridizer registered the plant with the American Hemerocallis Society
BLOOM
SEASON
EE = extra early E = early M = mid
L = late RBL = rebloom
FOLIAGE
Dor = dormant SEv = semi-evergreen
Ev = evergreen
TYPE
Dip = diploid
Tet = tetraploid
FLOWER
TYPE
Sgl = single
Spd = spider
Dbl = double
SCAPE HEIGHT & FLOWER SIZE ARE MEASURED BY INCHES
