Captain America

(Gossard, James) 2010 introduction

(Royal Curls x Heavenly Spider Monkey)

Dip 44" Mid season Dormant emo fr 7.5" 3-4 way branching 18-22 buds. Fertile both ways.

Very Good rust resistance. Northern Hardy.

Captain America has very dark red flowers with an extremely green throat. Throat is greener than shown in my photo. It is my absolute best red spider introduced to date. It is an unusual formed cascade, true spider with a ratio of 5.5 to 1. It is a break through in dormant spider breeding. The off spring are spectacular because of the intense green throats it throws into the kids. Because of its back ground genetics one can use it with almost every color with success. I now have all shades of pinks, purples, roses and etc. out of Captain America that have super green throats. A super Daylily....$20 double fans.

What makes a great daylily is its parents. It is building on what other hybridizers have done with their daylilies. Captain America may be at the top of the pyramid, but it is built upon the success of others. Part of keeping good pedigrees is that it becomes apparent what is a good parent. It shows in how hybridizers can make the advancements they are seeking in off spring of their flowers. I find it interesting that Captain America with its 2 doses of Royal Curls, which also has 2 doses of Satan's Curls in it, are both very green throated reds. This flower has 3 doses of Green Widow, 3 doses of Green Avalanche, 3 doses of Garden Portrait and 2 doses of Lois Burns in it. As you can see its no wonder from where the green throat is coming. It is coming from many generations of line breeding for green throats and of course the spider form.

Me,Grandson Max and Captain America at Disney Universal

2010 AHS Region 3 Fall Meeting

Lilyhemmer 2011 ~ October 22-23, 2011

Picture of Captain America used on sail.

Spoke there, great yearly meeting to go to!

Pollen and pod parents pedigree, from AHS database.

Captain America pedigree Captain America (Gossard, 2010) height 44in (112cm), bloom 7.5in (19.0cm), season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, 22 buds, 4 branches, Spider Ratio 5.50:1, Unusual Form Cascade, Dark red self above green throat. (Royal Curls × Heavenly Spider Monkey)

Royal Curls (Hite, 1994) height 35", bloom 8", season M, Evergreen, Diploid, UFo Crispate-Cascade , Reddish purple self with green throat. (SATAN'S CURLS X EASY NED)

Heavenly Spider Monkey (Gossard, 2008) height 48", bloom 7.5", season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Fragrant, 20 buds, 4 branches, Spider Ratio 5.00:1, UFo Cascade , Very dark red self above very green throat. (Royal Curls × Great Red Dragon)

These are the Grandparents and great-grandparents and so forth

Great Red Dragon (Gossard, 2006) height 41", bloom 10", season EM, Dormant, Diploid, 25 buds, 4 branches, Spider Ratio 6.00:1, Red self above green throat. (I See Stars × Wildest Dreams)

I See Stars (Gossard, 2001) height 38", bloom 5", season M, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, 26 buds, 4 branches, UFo Crispate , Red self above green throat. (HOLLY DANCER X RED RAIN)

Wildest Dreams (Temple, 1993) height 26", bloom 10", season E, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 6.80:1, Yellow to green with rose red eyezone above green throat. {[(GREEN WIDOW x GARDEN PORTRAIT) x GARDEN PORTRAIT] X MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE}

Red Rain (Whitacre, 1988) height 38", bloom 5.5", season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 6.00:1, Bright cherry red spider with deep cherry red eyezone and yellow green throat. (GARDEN PORTRAIT X RED RIBBONS)

Red Ribbons (LENINGTON-G., 1964) height 42", bloom 8", season M, Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.70:1, Red self with greenish yellow throat. (WANDA X MABEL FULLER)

Holly Dancer (Warrell, 1988) height 32", bloom 7", season M, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.25:1, Brilliant red spider with green throat. [(STOPLIGHT x MONSEIGNEUR GARNET) X (STOPLIGHT x sdlg)]

Stoplight (CHILDS-F., 1953) height 36", season MLa, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 5.10:1, Orange red medium self .

Green Widow (Temple, 1980) height 26", bloom 6.5", season E, Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.10:1, Yellow green self with very green throat. (CELESTIAL LIGHT X GREEN AVALANCHE)

Mountain Top Experience (Temple, 1988) height 30", bloom 5.87", season E, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.80:1 (RAINBOW SPANGLES X LOIS BURNS)

Rainbow Spangles (Temple, 1983) height 30", bloom 7", season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.40:1, Lavender and chartreuse bicolor with purple eyezone and green throat. {[(LADY DAPHNE x GREEN AVALANCHE) x (FOR PETES SAKE)] X GREEN WIDOW}

Lois Burns (Temple, 1986) height 30", bloom 8.5", season E, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Spider Ratio 4.00:1, Yellow green spider with green throat. (sdlg X GREEN WIDOW)

Satan's Curls (CRANDALL, 1987) height 29", bloom 6", season EM, Evergreen, Diploid, UFo Crispate , Red spider with yellow band out side very green throat. (PRAIRIE SATAN X WHIRLING FURY)

Garden Portrait (BECHTOLD, 1950) height 28", season M, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 7.30:1, YL1

Green Avalanche (Temple, 1968) height 28", bloom 7", season E, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Fragrant, Yellow self with green throat. (GREEN MOUNTAIN X GREEN WILLOW)

Green Mountain (FARRIS, 1959) height 36", season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Very Fragrant, Light yellow with white midribs and green throat.

Green Willow (LAKE, 1963) height 20", bloom 5", season M, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Greenish lemon self with green throat. [(GREEN GODDESS x LEVITY) X (GREEN GODDESS x GREENLEAF)]

Green Gooddess (HOUSE, 1951) Wonder if misspelled, in Green Willow or Green Goddess height 36", season M, Dormant, Diploid, Fragrant, YGD/GYL2-P.

Greenleaf (SUTTON, 1951) height 40", season EM, Evergreen, Diploid, Light chartreuse self.