A striking flower with alternating yellow and yellow-striped red petals.
Daylilies are clump forming perennials with arching, grasslike or straplike
leaves 10-40 in long, depending on the cultivar. All the leaves
arise from the base of the plant in two opposing ranks, resulting in a fanlike
appearance which becomes obscured as the clump enlarges. A leafless stalk,
called a scape, extends above the leaves and bears the flowers. Most scapes
have two or more branches, each with several flower buds. In most varieties
the flowers open one at a time, and last only one day, but the blooming period
may extend for weeks, even months.
There are hundreds of societies dedicated to the cultivation of daylilies and
the propagation of new cultivars.
Identification credit: Thingnam Girija
Photographed in India International
Centre, Delhi.
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