Just wait one minute WW, Lilies, a member of the onion family, with bulbs that have a scales (more like a garlic bulb than a onion) are one plant, but daylilies, are whole 'nother plant!
daylilies--hemerocallis-- have foliage that is long spears, that grow tall and arch over.. the flowers appear on leafless slalks, the large buds (edible!) open to a an orange flower with a deeper redder color in the throat. (common Daylilies) but hybrid Daylillies come in almost ever color of the rainbow, from "Little grapette" the color of a frosty grape ice, to "gentle Shepard" a very, very pale yellow --almost white, to "Stelle D'oro" a deep golden yellow, and "Bonny Barbara Allan" a pale peachy pink-- but one commonality..
each flower --a flower stalk might have 25 to 50 buds, and a mature plant might put up 2 to 5 flower stalks--each flower only last one day.. that is why they are day lilies.. with multiple flower stalks, and so many buds, the flowering season for a day lily can be 6 to 8 weeks.
(now every one get down on your knees and say a "thank you prayer" to god, that i don't have my garden book here, and stopped after one paragraph about daylilies!)
Lilies, are tall grace full plants, with whirls of foliage on the stem, and the flowers appear on the top of the stem. there are oriental, Asiatic and common (tiger) lilies. and while they are members of the Onion family, lily bulbs are poisonous. and it seemed you were talking about lilies, since lilies do sometimes have little bulblets at the place were the leave attaches to the stem. lilies have a strong aroma, daylilies, almost none.
(and lilies of the valley, is yet again a whole nother plant!)
