DAYLILY ABBREVIATIONS AND DICTIONARY

HEMEROCALLIS
HYBRID
FAN
DIP

SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR A DAYLILY

OFFSPRING RESULTING FROM THE CROSS POLLINATION OF TWO PARENTS - AS IN A CROSS BETWEEN TWO SPECIES, TWO HYBRIDS, OR A HYBRID AND A SPECIES 
AN INDIVIDUAL UNIT OF A CLUMP CONSISTING OF LEAVES, CROWN & ROOTS
DIPLOID – HAVING 2 SETS OF CHROMOSONES IN EACH CELL - 22 CHROMOSONES ALTOGETHER
TET
TETRAPLOID – HAVING 4 SETS OF CHROMOSONES IN EACH CELL - 44 CHROMOSONES ALTOGETHER
PLOIDY
POLYPETAL - NOW KNOWN AS POLYMEROUS
MINIATURE
SMALL
LARGE
SPIDER
 DIPLOID  - TRIPLOID - TETRAPLOID - IMPORTANT IN HYBRIDIZING WHERE CROSS POLLINATION REQUIRES IDENTICAL PLOIDY EG: TETRAPLOID TO TETRAPLOID
MORE THAN THE NORMAL NUMBER OF SEGMENTS IE: EVENLY SPACED EXTRA PETALS AND SEPALS
BLOOM SIZE 3" OR LESS
BLOOM SIZE MORE THAN 3" BUT LESS THAN 4.5"
BLOOM SIZE GREATER THAN 4.5"
A FLOWER WHOSE PETAL LENGTH IS FOUR TIMES THE PETAL'S WIDTH OR MORE - A RATIO OF 4.0:1 OR GREATER
UNUSUAL
MUST TYPICALLY DISPLAY DISTINCT UNUSUAL CHARACTERISTICS ON AT LEAST 3 PETALS OR 3 SEPALS
DOUBLE
 ADDITIONAL PETALS AND SEPALS TO THOSE ON A SINGLE FLOWER
DIAMOND OR GOLD  DUSTING
EDGED
EYE - EYEZONE
POD
POD PARENT
SCAPE
 FLOWERS HAVING STRUCTURES THAT PRODUCED A GLITTER ON THE PETAL SURFACE REFLECTING IN SUNSHINE 
DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT COLOUR OCCURRING ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SEGMENTS OF A FLOWER
A DARKER COLOURED ZONE ON THE PETALS AND SEPALS OF THE FLOWER JUST ABOVE THE THROAT
THE FRUIT OF THE DAYLILY IN WHICH SEED DEVELOPS AND RIPENS
IN HYBRIDIZING, THE PARENT THAT FORMS THE PODS
ENTIRE FLOWER STALK ABOVE THE CROWN/BASE OF THE PLANT
SCAPE HEIGHT
CROWN
DOR
SINGLE
SIZE
 MATURE FLOWER STALK HEIGHT
MODIFIED STEM WITH A WHITE AREA BETWEEN THE LEAVES AND ROOTS
DISCONTINUES GROWTH  OR BECOMES WINTER DORMANT – SOME CULTIVARS MAY NOT GO FULLY WINTER DORMANT IN AUSTRALIA
THREE PETALS AND THREE SEPALS
FLOWER SIZE  - HEIGHT OF FLOWERING SCAPES
EV - EVERGREEN
SEV - SEMI EVERGREEN
FRAG- FRAGRANT
FOLIAGE HABIT OF A DAYLILY THAT RETAINS ITS FOLIAGE THROUGHT THE YEAR
INTERMEDIATE FOLIAGE BEHAVIOUR IN BETWEEN EVERGREEN AND DORMANT. SOMETIMES SEMI DORMANT WITH VERY LITTLE GROWTH IN WINTER
PERFUMED
RE - REBLOOM
OFTEN REBLOOMS BETWEEN 2 & 4 TIMES
EXT - EXTENDED
EXTENDED BLOOM – FLOWERS REMAINING FRESH LONGER AND GENERALLY OPEN FOR 16 HOURS
EE
VERY EARLY FLOWERING
E
EARLY FLOWERING
EM
EARLY TO MID SEASON FLOWERING
M
MID SEASON FLOWERING
ML
MID TO LATE SEASON FLOWERING
L
LATE SEASON FLOWERING

 
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