Hi russ2009 and welcome to the forum...yep, sounds like you've been bitten by the dl bug!! :) Anyway, you can get most of your questions answered at the American Hemerocallis Society website. Here's a link to the frequently asked questions page. You will find the answer to your question here. Hope to see you around here lots. Jan Here is a link that might be useful: AHS frequently asked questions

You have a Dipliod.. They have been selling this for ages The tet conversion was in use for hybridizers to try to get some early, repeat blooming genetics into some other lines.. There are a couple of converted dips you can buy, like TET barbara mitchell, but they are not common and its not a easy practice to do... Silverkelt

Mistercross, Thanks for that information. This last year, I tried the cross both ways and hopefully will have some results this year. This coming year I will also be using some of the tetra zinnias from Burpee. This last year I used only "State Fair." Tetra zinnias have their own special "look", which I am not particularly fond of. The petals all tend to be cupped like spoons, which exposes to view some of their bottom surface, which doesn't look very good. So I am a bit skeptical about whether I will like any triploid zinnias, even if I am successful in producing them. But I plan to continue the experiments in a kind of low priority way. I expect better results from my crosses between various diploid zinnias. MM

Jorge, Thank you! I was hoping you'd say that was what it was, I have one too, a pretty good sized bulb but it has never bloomed and if mine looks like yours when it does I will be extremely pleased. Your pictures are much more exciting than what they posted on EBay! ☺☺Donna