Daylily 9

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In spite of some hot and humid weather, and a lack of real rain, the daylilies are proving tough. The section that is at the highest elevation has only a few, but other sections make up for it.
The colors may be subtle like (Trahlyta x Apple Swirl) a large 8" DIP:
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Or they can defy the camera with the differences in each color like with (Blue Oasis x Watchyl Lavender Blue) where there is a grey blue band on the sepals.
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If I had shot the photo for the band, the colors on the petals would have come out very dark.
I also had the same problem with [Dragon Dreams x (Beautiful Edgings x Feminine Fingers)]. It was a very overcast day, and trying to strike a balance of what could be seen was difficult.
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Some had no problems showing off like [(Core Values x Don Herrell) x El Aventura]:
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I had wanted to put an edge on the pod parent (Core Values x Don Herrell):
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I used one that was new and had a nicely ruffled edge, ‘El Aventura’:
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There have been those mornings full of fog and mist. It sounds nice, but all it really does is bring temperatures down a little, get everything above ground wet, and no water for the roots. That can be frustrating when something is open like ‘Painted Pattern’:
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Developing nicely is [(Amber Rhum x Kazoo) x Sad Sack]. The pod parent is an applique type, while the pollen parent has teeth. The teeth are finally developing as seen in the next 2 photos:

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I have been trying to develop some small doubles by using seedlings like WBR2#26 – this is where my location shorthand becomes useful by not having to go through 4 parents with long names. WBR2#26 has been 100% double.
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It can be difficult using a double as a pod parent because the pistil on them can be distorted and unusable, so it is easier to use it as a pollen parent. The result was (Crystal Blue Persuasion x WBR2#26):
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Also open today were (Frankenflower x Don Herrell):
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And [Core Values x (Angel Fairy Tern x Judge Nancy):
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It was dry, but threating some sort of water, and I was able to use ’Pirate’s Prism’, which looked especially nice today:
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When it looks and feels like it might rain, but the pollen is still dry, a trick is to use a foil cover. I take a small square of aluminum foil, wrap it around a small stick, and after pollenating a flower, slip it over the pistil. This also helps to keep stray pollen away, usually from the same flower. Here is a photo of (Crystal Blue Persuasion x Carpathian Cavalier) after it was pollenated, tagged, and foiled;
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• 1 Jul, 2018
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