my really big, gargantuan what-was-i-thinking daylily haul

At last week's AHS Regional meeting (hosted, of course, by LIDS) I was ...how to put this? more active at the auction than I had expected to be. That was largely because they kept selling beautiful cultivars. Needless to say, after we got home on Sunday Blair and I were in the yard planting for more than six hours.

Following are the cultivars we came home with. Most of them were ones we bought at auction, though some were given to Blair by one of our LIDS members in gratitude for the help she (Blair) gave her (the member) in prepping her garden for the tours. And we got some as door prizes -- when everyone present was given plants.

But before we get to the flowers, a note about labelling. For a couple years I'd been labelling the cultivars in the garden. Last year I decided that I didn't want to bother. Well, this year we decided to start labelling again. So there are also a few stray plants in the yard that we hadn't labelled, but that have enough information attached to them that we can label them as well. It was a busy weekend of labelling -- and I now owe LIDS $60 for marker stakes.* And now I find out that, if I use the Brother P-Touch to print labels I have to use special label tape that's formulated for outdoor use. It never friggin' ends...

And now, without further ado, the cultivars we came home with...

Belle Parisienne (Fleche, 2016)
Scape: 38"
Bloom: 6"
Bloom Season: Early
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Fragrance: Fragrant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Parentage: Shores of Time × America the Beautiful

Big Honking Bar Room Floozy (L. Jones, 2016)
Scape: 44"
Bloom: 8"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Bud Count: 15
Branches: 3
Parentage: seedling × Whip City Tizzie

Big Honking Lucy Goosie (L. Jones, 2008)
Scape: 24"
Bloom: 7.5"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 9
Branches: 3
Parentage: Red Suspenders × Spider Man

Busting Out All Over (Sobek, 2005)
Scape: 27"
Bloom: 3"
Bloom Season: Extra Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Nocturnal
Buds: 14
Branches: 3
Parentage: (Three Seasons × Siloam Shocker) × In Strawberry Time

Catching the Moon (Sobek, 2014)
Scape: 27"
Bloom: 4.62"
Bloom Season: Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Nocturnal
Buds: 25
Branches: 4
Parentage: Busting Out All Over × Tuscawilla Tranquility

Chautauqua Passion (Nass, 2008)
Scape: 28"
Bloom: 5"
Bloom Season: Midseason-Late
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Fragrance:Very Fragrant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 12
Branches: 3
Parentage: Blueberry Breakfast × Chautauqua Peppermint Ice

Clowning Around (Zettek, 2004)
Scape: 22"
Bloom: 4.5"
Bloom Season: Early - Midseason
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 15
Branches: 3
Parentage: (Stella De Oro × Frans Hals) × Fly Catcher

Comeback Kid (Sobek, 2016)
Scape: 30"
Bloom: 4.5"
Bloom Season: Early, Rebloom
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 8
Branches: 2
Parentage: ((seedling × Super Purple) × Frequent Flyer) × My Complimentary

Flash of Javelins (Fleche, 2013)
Scape: 42"
Bloom: 6.5"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Form: Polymerous 20%
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 25
Branches: 4
Parentage: Westbook Gold × Imperial Lemon

Fountain of Blood (Huben, 2012)
Scape: 44"
Bloom: 3.5"
Bloom Season: Early - Midseason
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 40
Branches: 6
Parentage: Siloam Plum Tree × Red Spire

From Darkness Comes Light (Huben, 2009)
Scape: 34"
Bloom: 3.5"
Bloom Season: Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Nocturnal
Buds: 25
Branches: 4
Parentage: (Aerial × Boston Symphony) × seedling

King's Golden Treasure (Rasmussen, 2004)
Scape: 36"
Bloom: 10"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Form: Unusual Form Crispate
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Fragrance: Fragrant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 12
Branches: 3
Parentage: (seedling × Red Suspenders) × seedling

Kristina's Kurls (Weitz, 2008)
Scape: 30"
Bloom: 9"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Form: Unusual Form Cascade
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 13
Branches: 3
Parentage: unknown × unknown

Mistaken Odd Entity (Maher, 2009)
Scape: 29"
Bloom: 7.5"
Bloom Season: Midseason-Late
Form: Unusual Form Crispate
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 13
Branches: 2
Parentage: Wilson Spider × (Lake Norman Spider ×Never Say Never)

Moro Orange (Sobek, 2014)
Scape: 28"
Bloom: 3.62"
Bloom Season: Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Nocturnal
Buds: 14
Branches: 3
Parentage: ((Iron Maiden × (Corky ×Pardon Me)) × Strawberry Time) × Huben seedling 331A

Music of Hope (Fleche, 2014)
Scape: 24"
Bloom: 3.25"
Bloom Season: Early - Midseason
Form: Double 95%
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 20
Branches: 4
Parentage: Grape Velvet × Siloam Double Classic

Mystic Gryphon (P. Hoffman, 2013)
Scape: 39"
Bloom: 10"
Bloom Season: Midseason - Late
Form: Unusual Form Cascade
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 13
Branches: 3
Parentage: unknown × unknown

Passions's Heart Desire (Sayers, 2014)
Scape: 28"
Bloom: 6"
Bloom Season: Midseason - Late
Form: Double 50%
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 18
Branches: 3
Parentage: seedling × seedling

Passion's Sun Kissed Glow (Sayers, 2014)
Scape: 26"
Bloom: 6"
Bloom Season: Midseason, Rebloom
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 17
Branches: 3
Parentage: seedling × seedling

Pretty Little Polly (K. Rood, 2015)
Scape: 25"
Bloom: 3"
Bloom Season: Midseason, Rebloom
Form: Polymerous 25%
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage:Dormant
Fragrance: Fragrant
Buds: 10
Branches: 3
Parentage: Penny's Worth × Siloam Bouquet

Purple Persuasion (B. Ross, 2005)
Scape: 26"
Bloom: 4.5"
Bloom Season: Midseason - Late
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 30
Branches: 2
Parentage: unknown × unknown

Sagamore Bob Pelletier (Britz, 1995)
Scape: 18"
Bloom: 4"
Bloom Season: Early, Rebloom
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Parentage: Stella De Oro × Gentle Shepherd

Seneca Safari (T. Rood, 2009)
Scape: 38"
Bloom: 5"
Bloom Season: Early
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Buds: 28
Branches: 4
Parentage: seedling × seedling

Space Junk (Maher, 2013)
Scape: 24"
Bloom: 3.5"
Bloom Season: Early - Midseason
Form: Unusual Form Crispate-Spatulate
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Dormant
Buds: 27
Branches: 5
Parentage: Jocelyn's Oddity × Alien Invader

Sunshine On Clouds (Huben, 2006)
Scape: 26"
Bloom: 4.25"
Bloom Season: Early, Rebloom
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Fragrance: Very Fragrant
Bloom Habit: Extended
Buds: 18
Branches: 3
Parentage: (Happy Returns × Deicer) × (Three Seasons × Monica Marie)

Unbridled by Constraints (C. Hanson, 2014)
Scape: 36"
Bloom: 6"
Bloom Season: Midseason - Late
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Branches: 4
Parentage: Celestial Virgin × Prometheus Revisited

Wally's Wish (Doster, 2008)
Scape: 24"
Bloom: 4.5"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Form: Double 100%
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Parentage: unknown × unknown

Whip City Squiglie (L. Jones, 2010)
Scape: 37"
Bloom: 6"
Bloom Season: Early - Midseason, Rebloom
Form: Unusual Form Crispate
Ploidy: Tertaploid
Foliage: Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 13
Branches: 3
Parentage: (Whip City Zingie × (Knoll Cottage Totsie Mama × Red Suspenders)) × Astral Voyager

Whispering Violet Water Waltz (Sayers, 2014)
Scape: 45"
Bloom: 10"
Bloom Season: Midseason - Late
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 24
Branches: 4
Parentage: seedling × seedling

Zelazny (Michaels, 2004)
Scape: 36"
Bloom: 7"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage: Dormant
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Buds: 23
Branches: 3
Parentage: Miss Jessie × Lady Fingers

Zissertwin (Kincaid, 2016)
Scape: 40"
Bloom: 5.75"
Bloom Season: Midseason
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Foliage: Dormant
Fragrance: Fragrant
Bloom Habit: Extended
Buds: 18
Branches: 4
Parentage: seedling × Super Model

*Now, here's an advantage to being the one who handles the selling of marker stakes on behalf of LIDS. It's generally a pain in the butt. But other members who want to buy stakes from the club have to wait for a meeting. I can buy them any time I want, since they're stored in my garage. I just have to keep track of how many I bought and pay the treasurer at the next meeting.