The Main Plant entry for Nymphaeas (Nymphaea)

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

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Location: Escondido, California, USA
Date: 2017-03-13
Hardy lilies in March

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Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2018-08-17
Unknown species of Nymphaea

Uploaded by arctangent

Location: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 2023-09-10
Tropical Water Lily Nymphaea "Charlies Pride"

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Location: Kapa'a (Kaua'i), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort
Date: 01/16/2014
Hungry fish and beautiful Water Lilies in the Koi Fish Pond @ Pon

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Location: Hortus Lapidea
Date: 2023-06-25
Unknown cultivar

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Location: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Date: 2013-08-15

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Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2010-08-31
Water Lily (Nymphaea)

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-29

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Location: Kapa'a (Kaua'i), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort
Date: 01/18/2014
White & Pink Water Lilies in the Koi Fish Pond @ Pono Kai Resort

Uploaded by Shawwannda

Location: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 2023-09-10
Tropical Water Lily Nymphaea "Defective Ericka"

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Location: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 2023-09-10
Hardy Water Lily Nymphaea "Sloux"

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Location: McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, Florida
Date: 2016-11-06

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Uploaded by SL_gardener

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Location: Columbus, OH, downtown topiary park
Date: 2013-06-13

Uploaded by purpleinopp

Location: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Date: 2023-09-10
Hardy Water Lily Nymphaea "awesome"

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Uploaded by jooshewa

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Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2009-09-29

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: North latitude GPS Latitude 16, 1' 40.202" East longitude GPS Longitude 80, 13' 53.124"

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Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2013-10-11
Frank Jackson State Park.

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09

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Location: Kapa'a (Kaua'i), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort
Date: 01/16/2014
White & Pink Water Lilies in the Koi Fish Pond @ Pono Kai Resort

Uploaded by Shawwannda

Location: Kapa'a (Kaua'i), Hawaii at Pono Kai Resort
Date: 01/16/2014
Pink Water Lilies in the Koi Fish Pond @ Pono Kai Resort

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Uploaded by Nick_Kurzenko

Location: Young Natrix natrix taking a sun bath on a water lily leaf.
Date: 2010-09-04
Photo courtesy of: J-Luc

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Location: Botanical garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2015-01-29

Uploaded by bonitin

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Uploaded by purpleinopp

Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.

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Uploaded by jmorth

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Uploaded by chhari55

Location: Apple Valley, CA
Date: 2015-01-23
Water lily seedlings in the water lily nursery.

Uploaded by dragonfetti

Uploaded by purpleinopp

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

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Date: 2008-07-29
Photo courtesy of: Per Ola Wiberg

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Uploaded by bonitin

Date: 2013-07-04
Photo courtesy of: ironammonite

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Uploaded by plantladylin

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Location: Apple Valley, CA
Date: 2015-01-23
Water lily seed nursery

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Location: San Diego, California
Date: 2013-08-15

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Location: Balboa Park Water Gardens, San Diego, California
Date: 2013-08-15

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Location: Ischia, Italy
Photo courtesy of: Ivo Antusek

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Comments:

Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 9:58 PM concerning plant:

"Nymphaea is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution.

The main plant is submerged, with large floating, plate-like leaves and showy flowers in many different colours produced in spring. Blue flowers are only produced by the tender species, e.g. N. caerulea. The fruits, containing many seeds, are produced in the autumn, and are also submerged. The leaves have a radial notch from the circumference to the petiole (leaf stem) in the center.

Water-lilies are not only highly decorative, but provide useful shade which helps reduce the growth of algae in ponds and lakes. Many of the water-lilies familiar in water gardening are hybrids."

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

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Plant Events from our members
dragonfetti	On February 25, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Placed in pond.
dragonfetti	On January 30, 2015	Potted up Placed in soil and put in temporary pond.
dragonfetti	On January 28, 2015	Obtained plant Unknown tropical purple with yellow center. Two plants with tubers.
dragonfetti	On November 10, 2014	Obtained plant From nursery on Electric ave. in San Bernardino. $2.99. possibly a white or pink.
AndreA33	On April 8, 2016	Transplanted

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