Talk:Daylily

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I can't edit captions under "Commons" images: Hemerocallis fulva (typo "dailily") is shown in its double mutation sometimes called flore-pleno.This is a garden form, not the species. A good caption might note that. --Wetman 15:31, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have made the change. JoJan 16:19, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I renewed the main photo of a daylily. The original was slightly out of foucs, and the new one shows more detail of an example of the flower. --liquidGhoul 00:58, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] daylily

when do day lilys bloom?

[edit] Toxicity?

This website: http://www.fehd.gov.hk/safefood/report/toxin_veg/012006_index.html

says that the buds and roots are mildly toxic. Is this true? Here's the text:

"Fresh Jin Zhen - It is the floral part of a plant harvested before it was in blossom. Fresh Jin Zhen has been used in dishes as fresh vegetables. A natural toxin known as colchicine is concentrated in the root of the plant and it is also found in the floral part of fresh Jin Zhen. Poisoning may be resulted from consumption of fresh Jin Zhen which has not been soaked well in water and cooked thoroughly. Symptoms of poisoning may include gastrointestinal discomfort, such as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. However, colchicine in Jin Zhen is destroyed during cooking and processing and therefore commercially processed Jin Zhen and Jin Zhen in the dried form are non-toxic (photo)." Badagnani 01:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Food use

Is it correct that American Indians formerly used daylily flowers and bulbs as a traditional food? Badagnani 17:20, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Can't say for sure but I doubt it, unless they learned such use from the European settlers (in which case it would hardly be "traditional"); Hemerocallis is a relatively recent introduction to North America as an escape from cultivation, as the genus is native to Eurasia. MrDarwin 19:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)