The Main Plant entry for Lotuses (Nelumbo)

This database entry exists to show plant data and photos that apply generically to all Lotuses.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Uses: Water gardens

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Common names
  • Lotus

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Photo by _Bleu_
Location: Wyee, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-02-26
on display at a local garden centre
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-03-28
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-06-26
Sold to me as Thousand Petals
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-03-28
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W.
Location: Botanic Gardens Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2005-03-31
Location: Apple Valley, CA
Date: 2015-03-17
Yellow Lotus Seeds - Nicked for germination
Location: San Diego, California 
Date: 2013-08-15
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-07
Lotus 015
Location: Wyee Nursery, Wyee, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-02-26
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Location: Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-03-28

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2020-09-07
Location: Balbo Park Water Gardens, San Diego California
Date: 2013-08-15
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: 2017-07-30

Date: 2010-07-24
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)

Date: 2016-09-10
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego   
Date: 2013-08-15

Date: 2010-07-23
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-21
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-25
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2016-07-01
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 9:03 PM concerning plant:
    "Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling the water lily, but not closely related to it. It is commonly called lotus, though this name may be applied to other genera, and there is an unrelated genus Lotus. The generic name is derived from the Sinhalese word Nelum. There are only two known living species in the genus. The sacred lotus (N. nucifera) is native to Asia, and is the better known of the two. The American lotus (N. lutea) is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two geographically separated species. A third, extinct species, N. aureavallis, is known from Eocene fossils from North Dakota, United States.

    The leaves of Nelumbo can be distinguished from those of genera in the Nymphaeaceae as they are peltate, that is they have fully circular leaves. Nymphaea, on the other hand, has a single characteristic notch from the edge in to the center of the lily pad. The seedpod of Nelumbo is very distinctive."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...

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