Maylasian Marketplace is always a stunner. Great opening on that one. I adore Billy the Kid, and would like to see more photos of it later on. Too bad about the low bud count on that one.

That's one of the best pictures I've seen of Malaysian Marketplace. Looks luscious. I think your pictures sizes (for me at least) are fine.......I'm not much for the off white that most daylilies have, but I do like the looks of Billy the Kid. Nice form.........Maryl

I think the size of photos is pretty standard here, except for vertical photo shapes, which for some reason are much larger. I suppose if a picture is cropped, it will be a bit smaller here.

What's the size of Billy the Kid? It doesn't look as though it's much more than five inches. Colors are sharp, though. A bud count of 10 is not that bad here. It's when they have only 3-6 buds that I start to complain.

Nice pics Nancy and the blooms are perfect. Maybe Billy The Kid will surprise you and have more blooms than anticipated.

Thanks everyone. I was impressed with the first bloom on Malaysian Marketplace. Quite a few buds on them too, so it is looking good.
I like the looks of billy the Kid. It is bigger than a 5" flower, Mantis, maybe 6". Maybe a bit smaller than Malaysian Marketplace. Not too tall, about 30" scapes so well above the foliage. I like everything but the stats. I don't expect to get the blooms that stats usually show for a plant, just doesn't happen for me. I have several plants that are supposedly capable of getting 35-40 buds, I seem to get about half that. So if one has official stats of 10, that means I may get 5? Hopefully not. right now I have 3 fans, one with 4 buds & the other 2 look like they have 5. Hopefully it will improve next year. One the plus side we had storms come through today & it was one of the few blooms in the garden that still looked decent after the pouring rains. Don't know yet how it will handle the sun.
As for the photo sizing, this was the first time I had posted a photo & they looked much larger til I hit submit. I felt a bit silly then :) I think this new forum has the ability to edit, but I didn't want to stretch my brain too much at one time :)

Nancy,Malaysian marketplace is a ery pretty one and that's a verygood pictures of it.i love Billy the Kid.thats a gorgeus one.

Malaysian Marketplace has been a favorite for a long time, and Billy the Kid looks good too.
kay

Thanks Jean & Kay. Everyone has always raved about Malaysian Marketplace, & the pictures of it were always wonderful. Of course, I'm easily sucked in, even knowing that people are only going to show their very prettiest blooms. But just look at that flower & it looks every bit as good as I hoped :)

Nancy - Where are you getting the official stat of 10 buds on Billy the Kid? Maryott registered it as having 18 buds in the AHS database.

I think I had gotten my original info from the allthingsplants database. I just looked it up on the AHS daylily site & they do list it at 18 buds. Much better than less than 10. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

I really think that's an error on the ATP database. I couldn't imagine Bill Maryott registering anything with a bud count under 10.

I always love Malaysian Marketplace and Billy the Kid is a very pretty one.

I always think seeing a new one bloom is like opening a present. You don't really know what you have until it shows you.
kay