These are bracts where more branches or prolifs might have grown if the plant had more energy (mailnly nutrients and water).. Most of my daylilies have these where branches never form.

Debra

I will second what Debra said. It looks like a branch might have wanted to start, but it did not have the nutrients and water to do so. It is promising seeing these, as somewhere in the genetics, it wants to form some branches.

David

As for separating and transplanting seedlings, you do need to cut the foliage back to about six inches. The rule of thumb I follow is to plant daylilies - seedling or adults - when the night temps are in the 60s. If you live in the north, that may not be a problem. Sometimes here in the south, we don't see those temps until October.

Debra

Debra is so right. I move things around in the summer, and buy and plant then too. BUT! I also grow new plants in the pots in potting soil until I see roots have made it to the holes in the bottom of the plots and I water, water, water. the pots and new plantings are deeply watered every day. They always survive when treated in this fashion, at least they always have.

kay

Seems these little buds are still growing out. This is the one in the lower right. Hopefully it will get big enough I can root and save it.

They continue to grow! Here is the one on the other side.......it actually has buds and side fans on it. Weird!

They are definitely proliferations. I've had them scape and bloom sometimes too!

A September 3rd update. You can see the two prolifs here.......the one on the left (partially hidden) has like 4 fans but only shows slight sign of root on the main. The bigger one on the right showing first sign of root nubs. I harvested the seed pod. The scape is still green but starting to look "tired". Maybe a few more days I will try to take these off. I plan on rooting the bigger one outside and leaving it out for the winter, and the smaller/multiple inside and trying to keep it inside for the winter.

Update.......for anyone interested.....I cut the two prolifs and potted them up (wish I recorded what date(?)) sometime toward the beginning of September. The one on the right is a large single fan.....put it in a pot to root and kept it outside.....today (9/25) I moved it from the pot into the ground. There are at least two big white roots at the edge and to the bottom of the pot. The fan on the left (consisting of about 4 closely attach fans) I put it in a pot of soil and initially kept it outside, but about a week and a half ago brought it inside, in a clear ziploc, in a warm room under lights. Hoping to stimulate growth, separate the fans, and see if I can keep them growing (or at least alive) over winter. An experiment. The original mother plant was separated from its closely packed siblings the same time I removed the prolifs and replanted by itself. This is a gorgeous stippled bloom.....a seedling from 'Explosion in the Pain Factory'. A fun experiment......let us see what happens.

Update.......for anyone interested.....I cut the two prolifs and potted them up (wish I recorded what date(?)) sometime toward the beginning of September. The one on the right is a large single fan.....put it in a pot to root and kept it outside.....today (9/25) I moved it from the pot into the ground. There are at least two big white roots at the edge and to the bottom of the pot. The fan on the left (consisting of about 4 closely attach fans) I put it in a pot of soil and initially kept it outside, but about a week and a half ago brought it inside, in a clear ziploc, in a warm room under lights. Hoping to stimulate growth, separate the fans, and see if I can keep them growing (or at least alive) over winter. An experiment. The original mother plant was separated from its closely packed siblings the same time I removed the prolifs and replanted by itself. This is a gorgeous stippled bloom.....a seedling from 'Explosion in the Pain Factory'. A fun experiment......let us see what happens.

This is the bloom on this.....2 year old seedling, first year blooming (I showed this in another thread).....so if I can get these prolifs to work it would be awesome!

Should work, I often grow out prolifs when it is on a new plant. Growing one this year from Hakuna Matata, but it was so late in the season I may grow it inside. That is a really nice seedling, always nice when those special ones produce prolifs.

A rainy April day in New Jersey. 2021. The prolif above planted in the fall last year is growing. The one inside I divided into two separate pots of 2 fans. I brought one outside too early and froze it. The other was more slowly acclimated and hardened off and it is also now planted (the one next to the brick). The original Mom plant (not pictured here) emerged with five fans this Spring. Very excited!

Here is the main parent plant. If bloomed first last year (2020) From seed started in 2019 from a bloom on 'EITPF' in 2018. New Jersey.