Tag Archives: Fortunes Dearest

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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Fortune’s Dearest Genetics, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Mike

A reader posed the question about SHARK’S TOOTH in the Genetics of FORTUNES DEAREST. If I am understanding it correctly, then 1/16 of a daylily would significantly add significant “pattern” breeding value in a cross where 1/2 the genetics are … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST, The final cross on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Mike

I’ve been busy over the last week with Snow plowing and working on the new AHS portal website. With one look at the image of SHARK’S TOOTH you’ll understand why FORTUNE’S DEAREST will produce patterns. So here is the complete … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST Part 7 Mort Morss on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Mike

FORTUNE’S DEAREST, Mort Morss We are winding down looking at the genetics of FORTUNE’S DEAREST. The first half complete cross of FANTASY FINISH is as follows {(Disraeli x (King’s Cloak x Meadow Mystic)Chicago Two Bits) Chicago Picotee Queen)}. Another dose of King’s … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST Part 5 Mort Morss on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Mike

PURPLE BADGER Repeating the complete cross of FORTUNE’S DEAREST,        (Mort’s Magic x Sib to Mort’s Magic F2) x (Cool Jazz x Dream Express) DREAM EXPRESS is ((Zinfandel × Ming Porcelain) × Fantasy Finish)  Today we’ll look at MING PORCELAIN. The … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST Part 4 Mort Morss on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Mike

GRACEFUL BROOK, Gerda Brooker Here is the complete cross of FORTUNE’SDEAREST. (Mort’s Magic x Sib to Mort’s Magic F2) x (Cool Jazz x Dream Express)  DREAM EXPRESS is ((Zinfandel × Ming Porcelain) × Fantasy Finish)   DREAM EXPRESS, Evergreen, Kirchoff, Photo … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST Part 3 Mort Morss on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Mike

Iwanna Piranha, John Kinnebrew Did you know that FORTUNE’S DEAREST has doubling in the background? I didn’t until I looked further into the background. The first half of the second seedling in FOTUNE’S DEAREST is COOL JAZZ.  So we now … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST Part 2 Mort Morss on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Mike

Randy Stephens John Kinnebrew Mort Morss recently revealed to me that the cross that FORTUNE’S DEAREST was derived from came from a cross that produced 5 seeds.  The startling revelation was that he had a vision of this daylily before … Continue reading →

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FORTUNE’S DEAREST, Mort Morss on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mike

It was the white teeth on this grape purple daylily that fascinated many daylily hybridizers.  What were the possibilities? As we’ve found out; Many! FORTUNES DEAREST (image by David Kirchoff, Daylilyworld) has become the inverted pyramid of white teeth daylilies … Continue reading →

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Tetra Spindazzle, Part 7

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Mike

S. HOLMES GOLDEN GLITZ 2011 Tetra Spindazzle, Part 7 The genetics of Tetra Spindazzle injected in Florida daylilies came from Dan Trimmer’s CROCODILE SMILE.  Dan Hansen, Luddy Lambertson, Gunda  Abajian and John Peat  all have introductions out of Crocodile Smile. … Continue reading →

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Tetra Spindazzle, Part 4

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Mike

WOLVERINE WOLVERINE bloomed in my garden by chance. Years back, we had extra garden space and I had seen that Jamie hadn’t planted all of his seedlings so I offered to grow out a few hundred of them. Jamie included several … Continue reading →

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Do you like hooks, horns, and teeth ?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Mike

In 1974 Orville Fay introduced a tetraploid daylily named Green Fringe that he hybridized in the late 1960’s.    I not being around in daylilies at that time, wonder what Orville must have thought when he saw fringe and teeth on … Continue reading →

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