Curt Hanson seedling
Jawbreaker (Claudia Conway) WOW!
Before I get started, I wanted to post the definition of cristate according to the AHS Daylily Dictionary:
CRISTATE, MIDRIB CRISTATES
(Formerly crested)
A form of sculpting that refers to the appendages of extra petal tissue growing from the midrib or elsewhere on the surface of the petals. When the extra tissue grows from the midribs, the form is called Midrib Cristate.
Having been following my friend, Curt Hanson's program closely over the past couple decades, I couldn't help but notice how he has begun to breed cristates and advance them forward very quickly. That's impressive for a northern hybridizer who doesn't have the luxury of seeing his seedlings bloom in a shorter time period. At first there was only a couple hybridizers tinkering with the cristate look, but it seems more hybridizers are beginning to take notice. I was even more surprised to see how many cristate daylily seedlings some friends of mine have in the pipeline. With nothing further let me share these fabulous seedling and introduction pics:
SEEDLINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS FROM CURT HANSON FROM OHIO:
Identity Complex (Curt Hanson 17) Pleated Cristate and 100% consistent! My personal favorite.
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| Curt Hanson seedling (Identity Complex X After the Riot ) |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
THE SEEDLINGS OF MIKE DERROW FROM WEST VIRGINIA:
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
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| Mike Derrow seedling |
THE INTRODUCTIONS AND SEEDLINGS FROM CHARMAINE RICH FROM VERMONT:
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| Beast of Bamburgh (Charmaine Rich 16) |
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| Beast of Bamburgh (Charmaine Rich 16) |
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| Weird Anatomy (Charmaine Rich 19) |
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| Sculpted in Vermont (Charmaine Rich) |
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| Charmaine Rich seedling showing Midrib Cristation |
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| Charmaine Rich seedling showing surface cristation |
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| Charmaine Rich seedling showing surface cristation |
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| Charmaine Rich seedling showing a surface cristate eye |
DAN HANSEN INTRODUCTIONS FROM FLORIDA:
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| Snarky (Dan Hansen) |
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| Planned Chaos (Dan Hansen 19) |
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| Lioness (Dan Hansen 19) |
DAVE MUSSAR SEEDLINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS FROM CANADA:
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| Kendra Marie (Dave Mussar) |
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| Bryan Culver seedling that Dave rescued |
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| Claire Anne seedling (Dave Mussar) |
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| Claire Anne seedling (Dave Mussar) |
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| Kendra Marie X Crested French Kiss (Pat Sayers) |
OTHER HYBRIDIZER'S INTRODUCTIONS OF NOTE:
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| After the Riot (Judy Davisson) Photo by Paul K. Lewis |
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| Extra Effort (John Rice) Photo by Dave M. |
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| Jawbreaker (Claudia Conway) |
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| Lavender Feathers (Brian Reeder) |
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| Mr. Tumnus (Chad Bush) |
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| Wayward Shenanigans (Sunny Caldwell) |
To quote my friend Curt Hanson.....he says this about cristate breeding:
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the most fascinating thing about the cristate form is WHERE IT'S GOING.
Typical for any mutation in the genome, it seems to evolve faster in yellow.
Each year I see new things emerge, subtle but distinct, which leads the imagination to chase after these. For now I'm not so much interested in something I can market as much as seeing how far this thing is going."
I feel fortunate to be able to see first hand what Curt has created. It truly amazes me how many cristate daylilies there are out there and what great seedlings and introductions there have already been hybridized. Special thanks goes out to Curt for taking the time to email me these images. Just a reminder that his introductions will be on website at the end of this month. Watch for them at www.crintonic.com
Thanks also goes to Mike Derrow, Charmaine Rich, Dan Hansen, Dave Mussar, Claudia Conway, Brian Reeder, Judy Davisson, Sunny Caldwell, and Chad Bush for sharing their photographs for this segment. Amazing daylilies all of them!
NEXT SEGMENT will be an interview with my good friend, Kirsten Hatfield, so stay tuned!
