Jim W., et al., This is well-known in both Hemerocallis and Clivia. It is "polytepalism" (I guess you could call it) and one or more entire sectors of the flower, in all 4 whorls, are duplicated -- stigma lobe, ovary locule, stamens, petal, and sepal. It is genetically quite distinct from doubles in which whorls 3 (stamens) and/or 4 (pistil) are converted partly or entirely to petals. Jim Shields At 02:00 PM 8/9/2010 -0500, Jim Waddick wrote: >...... One bulb of L. longituba has produced flowers with multiple petals. >Only 2 flowers are open so far. One has 10, the other 11 petals. Both have >extra anthers (9 and 10 respectively) and both have a single, slightly odd >stigma. I'll hand pollinate and see what happens. > > Most double flowers have reduced or missing sexual parts. The > very double L. radiata 'Fireworks' > (http://plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/…) has lost > all sexual parts. >..... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA