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Bull’s Eye : A Direct Hit for Red Tropical Waterlilies

Bull’s Eye : A Direct Hit for Red Tropical Waterlilies

Posted 07/9/10

 

Nymphaea Bull’s Eye: Developed by Florida Aquatics this new waterlily is the most correct Red a tropical day bloomer has achieved until this point. Often hot pink or rosey this adult plant is Red and when very mature nearly maroon.

From Florida Aquatic: The flower color is the real eye-catcher on this lily. The red color is deeper or more of a true red than any lily on the market today. This flower will catch your eye from quite a distance away. Set on a vigorus, compact plant with solid green pads we expect this lily will be well received.
The closest comparison with N. ‘Bulls Eye’ would be N. ‘Jack Wood’ however the flower color of N. ’Bulls Eye’ is much darker than N. ‘Jack Wood’ and the flower has many more petals, up to 50 when mature.

Turn on the volume to hear Tim, the side view in the 2nd half shows realistic color of the flower.

Enjoy in High Definition and Full Screen

Bull’s Eye is currently on display in San Angelo at the International Waterlily Collection 2010.

Bulls Eye can be purchased at www.PondMegastore.com

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Laura Introduces Lotus: ELITE RED

Laura Introduces Lotus: ELITE RED

Posted 07/8/10

 

 

Turn on your volume

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Lotus Elite Red and others for sale at

www.PondMegastore.com February-July 1st

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FOXFIRE: The amazing tropical waterlily. Can bloom 3 days and up to 36hrs without closing.

FOXFIRE: The amazing tropical waterlily. Can bloom 3 days and up to 36hrs without closing.

Posted 07/1/10

The amazing Foxfire, loved by most who have seen her was developed by Craig Presnell, one of the parents being Ampla, a large species waterlily. Grown very large in the south the adult plants can get 15 feet across easily but only after many months of growing, lots of sunlight, and about a 20 gallon pot. Smaller and just as amazing plants can be grown in a 2 or 5 gallon pot. I recommend Landon Fertilizer. Use 1/2 of the recommended dose as its very hot. The leaves are bronze with mottling. Some can appear green with mottling but its rare. The plant can easily be contained to 5-8 feet by simply trimming pads once a week. Make sure you water temp is above 70 all the way to the bottom of the pond for tropicals to bloom properly. If using plant tabs I now add 6 tabs per 1-2 gallons of water every 25-30 days. 1 Tab does nothing.

Enjoy Foxfire in High Definition (Available in Full Screen)

They are available to purchase at www.PondMegastore.com

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Rolf Nelson invites all to discuss the Texas White List at the IWGS September Symposium.

Posted 06/25/10

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 Water Gardens in mid June and taped this short overview with Rolf for the IWGS symposium.

For Dates & Details visit www.IWGS.org

Special Thanks to Rolf Nelson & Nelson’s Water Gardens for efforts far beyond the video.

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2010 Anticipation & Excitment

Posted 06/2/10

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” has arrived! I know what you are thinking >>>insert photo here<<<<. I do want you to come back and check for more news and it will eventually show up here along with a flood of others.

On its way to the international waterlily collection in San Angelo, my buddy is currently growing the AMAZING waterlily. Developed by Mr. Nopchai Chansilpa of Thailand. The plant will be on display in San Angelo Texas from July through Lilyfest in September. Nopchai will be present at San Angelo this fall if you would like to meet him. Likely the first peak presentation will be around the July 3 / 4th time this summer.

Other inside information straight from Ken Landon himself via Tim Davis tells a story of massive planting and work underway in San Angelo. The pools are filling with more lilies each day and the young Victoria’s I believe have been added. Ken has a small staff of some great ladies helping him and has just finished working with kids volunteering before summer break. From years past the site looks something like this…

Water-Garden-Blog is staying on top of the many many announcements coming from the San Angelo IWC and will have reports coming all summer long as we anticipate the aquatic event of the Decade.

Many more hybrid waterlilies, interviews, and important topics like the White List are being worked on.

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Pack your bags, the China Exploration is about to begin.

Pack your bags, the China Exploration is about to begin.

Posted 05/31/10

         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 Horticulture
Auburn University
Email:
Phone (703) 389 3604

orozcow@gmail.com

Warner also recently reported on the successful restoration of the wetlands and lotus from 
USAID website in Bangladesh. Hail Haor wetlands in 1999. Over the last 150 years, 
approximately 50 percent of dry season wetlands have disappeared, resulting in 
lower fish production. Environmental changes, such as flood embankments and 
large silt deposits have reduced the area and quality of Bangladesh’s water bodies.

before (1999)

After

Hail Haor in 2006. This site has been restored to improve the flow of water and fish from larger rivers.

 Community management groups now control dry-season fishing. Native fish species have been

reintroduced and local fishermen have seen their yields increase by over 150 percent, generating

more than $10 million worth of fish in 2005 alone. – USAID 

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