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Title
tallahassee hemerocallis society
Contact
- Tallahassee Hemerocallis Society
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- Tallahassee FL
- United States 32303
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- +1.8505625767
Description
The biological name for the daylily is Hemerocallis. The plant is called a fan,consisting of four main parts--the roots, the crown, the foliage (leaves), and the scape, which bears the flower. The roots are fibrous tubers that absorb water and minerals needed by the plant. The crown is the stem of the plant which joins the roots and leaves together. The leaves are long and grass-like with a rib on the underside. The leaves form fans and in time the plant multiplies and produces more fans which can be separated into two or more plants. The scape is the stalk that bears the flower. Scapes can be single leafless stalks or have two or three branches. Sometimes the scape may have a "bract" at the junction of the branch, where another small plantlet may grow. This small plantlet is called a "proliferation".
The daylily flower comes in many color patterns, flower forms, and sizes. The bloom lasts for only a day, hence its botanical name "Hemerocallis" which is derived from the Greek language and translates to "beauty for a day." Each plant may have many scapes, and in turn each scape may have many buds, which is referred to as a "high budcount." The flowering period for a plant can last from two to three weeks with some varieties flowering more than once. These plants are referred to as "reblooms".
The bloom season for daylilies are the months of March through December, with the peak bloom season in the Tallahassee area around the last week of May. Some varieties bloom early, starting in April. Others do not start blooming until late May or early June. Many daylilies have a flush of bloom and then don't bloom again until the following year. Others are recurrent or have repeat bloom cycles, sending up a flush of scapes, blooming out, resting two or three weeks, and sending up another flush of scapes. Then others seem to never stop blooming, sending up a new scape just as old ones bloom out.
