Category Archives: Introductions

Daylily Introductions of Mike and Sandy Holmes

Teeth on Unusual Forms by Sandy Holmes on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Mike

Several years ago I came home from Jamie Gossard’s garden and exclaimed to Sandy “Man alive, Jamie sure has some neat teeth UF seedlings.” Sandy snarled at me for not paying closer attention to her daylilies and shot back “what … Continue reading →

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BLACK HORNS by John Benz on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Mike

Hi all, It’s been a while since I’ve made my last blog post.  After speaking with my good friend John Benz this afternoon, he encouraged me to get back at blogging ASAP. We talked for a while and there was … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Part 3 on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Mike

Super Redhawk, John Benz, 2011 Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown picking up from Part 2, “Putting this all together, this may be an excellent clue as to how to generate new colours in such structures. By crossing in toothy lines to those … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Part 2 on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Mike

Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown picking up from Part 1 post. “What, then, are silver/gold/green borders and teeth? In my opinion, this kind of structural edge is not a proliferation of cells which have adopted the identity of the eyezone. Instead, I … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Part 1 on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Mike

Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Oxford, England, was suggested by John Benz for his thoughts on what is happening in the formation of teeth.  So I asked him. Over the next several days I’ll share his thoughts with you and show images that … Continue reading →

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David Hansen on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Mike

David Hansen shared this with us, “I have two toothy seedlings that are well endowed with teeth, and in looking at them this morning, I compared their teeth, and one seems to have more of the “teeth” form while the other … Continue reading →

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Melanie Mason, Claudia Conway,Eddy Muers on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Mike

Claudia Conway,N.H. , writes “I really feel, as I have said before, that DLs are evolving towards toothy edges… From small bumps or knobby edges…we are able to make crosses that have a higher percentage possibility of teeth in the offspring…as … Continue reading →

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David Kirchoff, Mort Morss, Roy Woodhall on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Mike

In speaking with David Kirchoff last week, I asked him where the term “teeth” originated. David said the term possibly can first be attributed to three people. Betty Woods, Ra Hansen, and Mort Morss. Mort bloomed SHARK’S TOOTH (image one) in … Continue reading →

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What are daylily teeth? Larry Welch

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Mike

Larry Welch writes, Concerning “teeth,” my opinion is that the projections from the edge of the petals and/or sepals that are basically triangular in shape with the base of the triangle being along the outer edge of the petal/sepal if … Continue reading →

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Sawteeth or Sawtooth Daylilies, daylily Blog

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Mike

STIPPLED STARS X CRETACEOUS CRUNCH, Mike Johnson Welcome back. It’s been a busy weekend. Sandy and I had the pleasure of presenting programs to the HUDSON-ADIRONDACK DAYLILY SOCIETY in Albany New York. We stayed with Melanie and Bob Mason at … Continue reading →

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Teeth Daylilies: What are they and what do they look like?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Mike

BASS GIBSON, John Rice VENUS FLYTRAP, Jamie Gossard In the AHS dictionary of Terms:  “Edges refer to the outer periphery of the petals and occasionally the sepals.”  Referenced to http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/edges.html “Edges can be structural, i.e. have knobs, braids, tentacles, fringe, … Continue reading →

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Define Daylily Teeth, Knobs, Tenacles, Hair, Fangs?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Mike

A reader writes “Hi Mike, I have reading your website and am wondering what creates teeth on daylilies.  Are they broken ruffles?  I’ve seen some teeth on daylilies which do not have toothy parents so I am wondering about it. I … Continue reading →

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