Just a waterlily

[paphioboy]

Nymphaea lotus var. rubra - a 'wild' waterlily that blooms at night (flowers open late evening around 6pm through to the next morning, closes about 10am). Faint herbal scent.

 

[biothanasis]

Very cool!!!!! Do you have a pond?

 

[Lanmark]

Beautiful!

 

[Dido]

Tryed to grow them from seedling but failed.
A really nice flower

 

[JeanLux]

What a lovely flower !!!! Jean

 

[nikv]

Stunning!

 

[emydura]

That is just stunning. The colour is amazing. And here I thought water lilliy flowers opened when the sun came out.

 

[NYEric]

Very cool!!!!! Do you have a pond?

No, that's his bath tub! oke:

 

[SlipperFan]

That's a gorgeous flower, nicely photographed, and not "just a waterlily." Thanks for posting it.

 

[paphioboy]

Thanks, all

Thanasis, its actually an old water tank.

Yes, Eric, that's my bathtub :crazy:

Dido, I don't grow from seedlings. This one grows a lot of offshoots on rhizomes and stolons so I use this method to propagate it.

David, there are day-blooming and night-blooming waterlilies. The largest waterlily in the world, Victoria amazonica, also is a night-bloomer. I read that they are pollinated by scarab beetles.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Lovely!

 

[Marc]

Very bright and lovely colour, NICE!

 

[Shiva]

Just love the colors.

 

[Heather]

Gorgeous!

 

[W. Beetus]

Nice! I had a few varieties of night-blooming Nymphaea in my pond last year. They have great colors.

 

[Clark]

Nice choice.
Almost got hooked on these after a trip to Longwood Gardens.

 

[smartie2000]

must to be nice to be in the tropics

 

[cnycharles]

very nice. i've seen water lilies at longwood gardens that have such large leaves, a small person could sit on one and it would keep floating

 

[e-spice]

Does it have kovachii in the background???

 

[paphioboy]

Does it have kovachii in the background???

LOL :rollhappy: :rollhappy: