Daylily Dictionary: Cascading

CASCADING / CURLING:

Narrow floral segments with pronounced curling or cascading, which revolve upon themselves in the manner of a wood shaving. "Cascading" refers to a small waterfall or something resembling it such as these forms in the daylilies. Also see: Cascade, Segment, Unusual form.

The tepals of a Cascade should really cascade like a waterfall.

The straplike segments of this flower are examples of what a cascade should look like.Cultivar: ORCHID CORSAGE (Saxton)
Photo by Bob Schwarz, used with permission.

The floral segmants descend nearly to where the tepals separate at the base of the blossomCultivar: ORCHID CORSAGE
Photo by Bob Schwarz, used with permission.