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Crazy auctions today

I was watching a few streaked daylilies on the lily auction today. Three single fans went for $1000 each. That will mean some expensive seeds to come. There is one more auction by the same person with another streaked daylily…….starting bid is $2900……no bids yet. Quite an investment.

Sherry

Comments (13)

  • 4 years ago

    Amazing what some of those streaked plants go for. There are a couple I find appealing, but generally I don't care for them much.

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked Nancy 6b
  • 4 years ago

    Sherry: What was the names of the daylilies?.............. I see one now called "Undi Pants" (groan), that's at $760.00 currently. It's a "splattered" one out of Harry's Undefineable. The Hybridizer is listed as Babb. Never heard of Babb and not listed with Charlottes.......... I like the randomly spotted ones better then the streaked ones, but not enough to pay the big bucks...............Maryl

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
  • 4 years ago

    I read about those auctions on another daylily site. What ridiculous prices. I personally don't care for streaked and splattered daylilies and wouldn't bid a dime. But people who want to hybridize with them are willing to pay a lot.


    Debra



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  • 4 years ago

    Maryl, I find the spotted ones even less appealing 🤔 good thing there are so many different daylilies to suit us all. I am not sure about the ones that grow extra fringe along the mid ribs. But then, I don't have a lot of double flowering daylilies either, so maybe that is to be expected. I like the ones that look "tidy".

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked Nancy 6b
  • 4 years ago

    We like the striped/broken color daylilies but the prices on the Lily Auction are too rich for us. I like Redefinable from Mike Holmes (with teeth) and Starman from Rich Howard.

    Nancy

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
  • 4 years ago

    It is not something I would buy or take if given to me. That is just my preference on how I like my garden to be.

    Julia

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  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Maryl, I think the plant name was Redefinable. there are several more auctions of Starman up for bids now now, all are over $600 already. I cant find the $2900 auction today…..wondering if that was an error and got removed. EDIT…found Starman $2900 auction was a buy it now and it was purchased!!!!

    Sherry

  • 4 years ago

    OMGosh. A "buy it now" that was "snapped up" for almost $3,000.00 I wonder if they were charged shipping-lol............Maryl

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
  • 4 years ago

    I like Rich Howard's Starman too, Nancy, but that price is one I would never pay. The spotted one doesn't appeal to me like the stripes. at least that spotted one doesn't.

    kay

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  • 4 years ago

    Update……it was Starman that went for that high bid. So far three single fans went for $2500 or more EACH. Three more up for auction now along with Redifinable auction still going.

  • 4 years ago

    Even if it was a true blue, I couldn't justify the expense. Not that i have that kind of money. I find it hard to justify paying more than $15. to be honest.

    sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked Brad KY 6b
  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    The Starman auctions totaled around $15000, rough figure. Undi Pants got no bids so far at $495.Current Redefinable auction has no bids yet at $2905. Redefinable auctions total so far are around $10000….mind boggling.

    Sherry