"Andrew Ostrander" wrote in message
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From a local magazine, Manitoba Gardener, Summer 2004, p. 28:

...a new introduction by daylily hybridizer Ted Petit - recently sold for
whopping $6,000 at a Canadian Hemerocallis Society auction in Niagara
Falls
to Dr. Larry Gooden and his wife Pat Keisel. Obviously thrilled with the
plant, the couple promptly named it "Larry's Obsession".

The photo show a beautiful flower, purple with white ruffled edge.

Andrew

One small correction. It was not "sold" for $6,000. They buyer only gets to
name the daylily. My opinion is that Ted Petit should "give" a fan of that
cultivar to the winner who will name it. The in question by Ted Petit is a
trend setter. It is a near black [probably a very dark red or grape] with a
white toothy edge. The tooth edge looks something like the old pinking
scissors cut. Teeth are a new trend in daylilies. Everyone is trying to
get a toothed edge that will be reliable and will show itself in all weather
conditions. Since I am a cold climate grower I know the frustrations of
buying a toothy edged daylily that shows its edge under the hot sun of
Florida but rarely shows up here, even in the best of weather. Time and
experience with that cultivar will tell if the edge will show up in every
climate.

Wil