(Gossard, 2013)
scape height 38 in, (97 cm)
bloom size 9 in, (23 cm)
bloom season Midseason-Late, Rebloom
ploidy Tetraploid
foliage type Dormant
fragrance Fragrant
bloom habit Diurnal
bud count 28
branches 5
seedling # sun1
Color: rose pink with a darker eyezone and green throat, petals and sepals are covered with hooks, fangs and claws which varies in color from white to gold
Parentage: (((Sun Bear × Julie Newmar) × Sword Dancer) × Rosy Spiketail)
AHS - https://www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/detail.php?id=166554
Garden.org - https://garden.org/plants/view/235105/Daylily-Hemerocallis-Vampire-Fish/
Note - first year blooms were small and scrawny, rather anemic, in 2022. Hoping for vast improvement in coming years. The sibling to this plant, Larry's Twilight Bite, also showed similar poor performance on its first year blooms.
