What is a "plicata" daylily? I'm not sure it has been defined for Hemerocallis, but to me it means having the petals and/or sepals stippled with a different shade or color.
The following images of plicata daylilies have been presented for your enjoyment.
Plicata seedling #1216t63 from [RADAR LOVE X BYZANTIUM]. Flower is 5"; Ht. 16"; Petals 2.6"; sepals 1.75". Bloomed E this year, might be EM in a normal year. Neither of the parents has any noticeable plicata in their patterns, so I don't know where it came from in this seedling. First bloom in June, 2000.
A second seedling from the same cross, [RADAR LOVE X BYZANTIUM], has turned up stippled: #1216t09. Flower is 4.5"; Ht. 21". Petals are 2.7 to 2.9 inches wide; sepals are 1.6 inches wide. First bloom in July, 2000.
Seedling #1191t04 is the only stippled seedlings so far from the cross [REGAL BRAID X BYZANTIUM].
This first-year seedling, #1213t16, is from the 1998 cross [CREATIVE EDGE X BYZANTIUM]. Flower is 5" wide on a scape only 15" tall. Petals are 2.5" wide and sepals are 1.7". First bloom in July, 2000.
PUTNEY SPOTTED FEVER (Engle, 1991) is a dip, registered as 24" tall and flower 4½", fragrant and dormant.
HOOSIER PLICATA (Jim Shields, 1999) Dip, Ht 24.0, M, Flwr 4.5, Dor, lavender plicata bitone. Seedling #677D22. Parentage is [JOAN SENIOR X PANDORA'S BOX]. The ground color here is a creamy lavender and the stippling is in a slightly darker shade of lavender, so it barely shows up in the larger picture (just click on the smaller picture at left).
DOTTED SWISS (J. Dickerson, 1990) tet, 20" ML 3½" lt. purple blend dotted white w/GT; D.
EXPANDING UNIVERSE (Ted Petit, 1998) tet, 26" M 5½" bright cream w/cinnamon stippling & GT; Sev - Ev
There are many other plicata or stippled daylilies around. There is a list compiled by Brian Mahieu and Patti Waterman that contains most of them: [Plicata List]
Revised last on 10 July 2000.
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