A class of daylilies based exclusively on tepal form, not on color or color patterns.
An Unusual Form must typically display distinct Unusual Form characteristics on at least 3 petals or 3 sepals.
There should be minimal overlap with a "V" shaped space between 3 or more floral segments.
Unusual Form class is made up of 3 types of flowers, based exclusively on their tepal (petal and sepal) shapes. These include: Crispate, Cascade and Spatulate forms.
1. Crispates - There are
three categories of Crispates:
Pinched
Crispates:
Definition: Pinching - Floral segments should show distinct sharp folds giving a pinched or folded effect..
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| Here are two examples of a Pinched Crispate. Petals are distinctly pinched or folded. |
Fire
Arrow - Webster.
Photo
by Richard Webster, used with permission. |
Big Banana - Schwartz
Photo
by Bob Schwarz, used with permission. |
Quilled Crispates
Definition: Quilling - Floral segments turn upon themselves parallel to the midrib to form a tubular shape.
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The sepals on this flower show the tubular shape along the segment that characterizes quilling. Quirky - Couturier
Photo by Geraldine Couturier, used with permission. |
Another form of Quilling at the base of the sepals, not at the tips.
Asterisk – Lambert
Photo by Bob Schwarz, used with permission
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Other and Combination Crispates
Definition: : Other forms of crispation, or a combination of forms appearing simultaneously on at least 3 petals or 3 sepals of the blossom.
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HURRICANE BOB - Schwarz.
Photo
by Bob Schwarz, used with permission.
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Forms of crispation include twisting, hooking, pinching, quilling, hooking, curling and reflexing (curling back).
A blossom would be a crispate if it displayed any of these singly, or a combination of these on at least 3 petals or 3 sepals.
The example on the left shows pinching on the petals; twisting on the top petal; curling on the two top sepals, and a “pig tail” (twisted curl) on the lower sepal. There are four types of crispation on this blossom.
It would be a Crispate if only the 3 petals showed Crispate characteristics, or of only the 3 sepals showed Crispate characteristics.
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The blossom on the left with 3 hooked and curled sepals is an Unusual Form.
Photo by Bob Schwarz, used with permission. |
2. Cascades
Definition: Narrow floral segments fall down beside the blossom Segments may lie nearly flat or twist.
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The tepals of a Cascade should fall at least to where the segments separate at the throat of the blossom.
Square Dancer’s Curtsey – Payne.
Photo by Bobbie Brooks, used with permission. |
3. Spatulates
Definition: Petals should be at their widest point beyond the midpoint of their length.
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These are examples of the Spatulate form, with the widest part of the petal more than half way from the center.
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Spooner -
Wilson.
Photo
by Casey Schott, used with permission. |
Fairy Summerbird, - King.
Photo by Marc King, used with permission. |
Unusual
Forms may bloom as pure examples of their kind, but very
often they combine more than one feature.
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This blossom is a twisted Crispate, it is also a Cascade. It is both at the same time.
Lola Branham - Burkey
Photo by Clayton Burkey, used with permission. |
This blossom is a quilled Crispate. It is also a reflexed Spatulate. It is both at the same time.
Lavendar Handlebars - Roberts
Photo by Bob Schwarz, used with permission. |
Many Unusual Forms are variable, displaying different forms or
combinations of forms each day they open.
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Here
this cultivar blooms as a Pinched Crispate. This is
a Variable Crispate.
Rosy
Lights - Wilson |
Here
it displays Twisting, Curling, Quilling, and Pinching. |
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