Brandon McLane (Part 1) Hybridizing Waterlilies
The History of Florida Aquatic Nurseries goes back 50 years and the water garden division stems back to the early 1990s. Brandon McLane (3rd Generation family business after Dr. William and Brad, his grandfather and father respectively) introduces a brief history of chance seedlings from Blue Spider, William McLane, to Key Lime, Bull’s Eye, and [...]
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT – World introduction to Ken Landon’s Tropical Waterlily Tuber Storage up to 10 years.
This video is exclusive, it can be shared with permission. Ken Landon recently (Sept 2010) shared his way of tropical lily tuber storage. For years the jar sand method over 1 season has resulted in about 20% mortaility. That of course is not good especially when you have nearly 2000 lilies and 90% of the [...]
Showstopper “Blue Cloud”
The ULTIMATE Waterlily. Ken Landon crossed and back crossed a semi cool tolerant Austrailian. He also has this in a yellow and pink variety though has yet to release them. Some of these blooms are 6 inches bigger then an adult mans head.
Cleaning up Victoria Waterlilies with Ken Landon
Live update, the ponds have been cleaned. Let Lilyfest begin!
‘Kishin’ from Hawaii & Garet Uemura
“Kishin” stood out as soon as I got to the International Waterlily collection in San Angelo. Today or tomorrow I hope to get into the pools and film up close similar to the “bee’s eye view’ I got in Sarah P Duke Gardens. Now that judging in the 2010 waterlily competition has ended I will [...]
2010 International Waterlily Contest (pt 1)
Last week I had the pleasure of filming the contest lilies for this year. Here are 3 of the hardy waterlilies. I will have a few more videos and photos up soon. Note I cannot reveal the names of these lilies until the contest is over the middle of this month. Sarah P Duke Gardens [...]
Deep Purple hardy waterlilies exist…
Today is a day that word begins spreading across the world that Purple and Blue hardy waterlilies are something that people will indeed be able to grow in their water gardens. A few years ago Pairat Songpanich hybrized what is the worlds first hardy (inter-sub-genetic) waterlily with a blue (lavendar) hue. The good news was [...]
Rolf Nelson invites all to discuss the Texas White List at the IWGS September Symposium.
The Texas White List has passed legislation. Jan 1, 2011 most all aquatic plants will be banned in Texas unless species or varieties can now be added to the new “White List”. Unless marked on approved white list waterlilies and other aquatics will be banned from even owning within state lines. I stopped by Nelson’s [...]
2010 Anticipation & Excitment
This morning I got online and at 10:32AM got an email which said simply “Go here…. NOW>>>>>” with a link attached. With the click of a mouse, I saw it was true. From this day forward, Hardy Waterlilies will NEVER again stand as a slightly less impressive plant in the shadows of amazing vibrant tropical waterlilies. “Wanvisa” [...]
Pack your bags, the China Exploration is about to begin.
If you would like a rare and exciting trip to the ancient gardens of the world Consider the Chinese Lotus Exploration. Two events, one in July and one in August. I will refer you back to the January article HERE. But for more information contact : Warner Orozco-Obando Auburn Lotus Research Project Department of [...]
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