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Hemerocallis germination.

>Rosie in southern Seymour, Indiana wrote
>Has anyone had any experience with hemerocallis seed?  Since most
>require exposure to cold to germinate....

It isn't the case that Hemerocallis seed requires cold to germinate.I
received ten batches of seed from Hemerocallis hybrids as soon as they
ripened last August and sowed them at once at 70f.Germination occurred in 7
days and I got 100% germination from most batches.
Prof.Deno found that Hemerocallis hybrids germinated under all conditions
but different hybrids gave different results.Some dry-stored seed did do
better at 40f but in all the tests seed sown at 70f, whether fresh or
dry-stored for 6 months gave between 50% and 91% germination.
I had previously sown  small samples of dry-stored  H.thunbergii and
H.longituba seed at 40f and got the following results:-
H.thunbergii... 2 out of 3 seeds germinated in 6 weeks at 40f.
H.longituba.....1 out of 5 seeds germinated in two days at 70f after a shift
from 3 months at 40f.
Unfortunately I did not have sufficient seed to try these two at 70f.
Jane 
(Ireland)
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