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Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):

Nymphaea ‘Barbara Barnett’

 

2) Hardy or tropical: Tropical                            3) Day or night bloomer: Day

4) Originator: Florida Aquatic Nurseries, Inc.    5) Year of origin: 1996

            6) Address: Removed to protect privacy

                        Florida, USA

 

7) Nominant (Named by): Florida Aquatic Nurseries, Inc.

            8) Address (if different from above):

 

9) Introducer: Florida Aquatic Nurseries, Inc.

10) Address (if different from above):

 

11) Applicant: Florida Aquatic Nurseries, Inc.

12) Address (if different from above):

 

13) Phone:  14) Fax:  15) Email:  Removed to protect privacy

 

16) As far as you know, has this name been published in a dated publication together with a description?   Yes

 

17) If yes to 16, give details of the earliest publication (title, date, publisher, etc.):

            Water Gardening Magazine, 13, 1997

           

18) Has this cultivar been granted Patent or Plant Breeders' Rights, or is it being sold under a trade designation other than the name used here?   No

 

19) If yes to any of the above, please give details:

 

20) Has a Standard been deposited in a recognized herbarium?   No

 

21) If yes, please give details (where, when deposited, etc.):

 

 
 


ABOUT THE PLANT

 

Parentage: Seed (maternal) parent: N. ‘June Alison’

 

Pollen (paternal) parent: Unknown

 

Please give following dimensions in centimeters.

Colors from RHS Colour Charts.

 

Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Cup

Diameter: 15-18 cm.

            Sepal color, exterior: Green

 
            Sepal color, interior:  86C

            Sepal number: 4

            Petal color: 11C at base darkening to 82B

Petal number: 42

            Stamen: Filament color: 16A    

            Anther color: 66C           

            Tip color: 86D

Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Green

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No

Fragrant? Yes

Height above water: Approximately 25 cm.

 

 
Leaves: Shape: Nearly round

             Margin: Mildly denate

             Length x width:  30 x 25 cm.

            Sinus: Closed

            Lobes: Meet and push up

            Color, top: Green with heavy splashes of purple

             Color, underside: Green blotched with red

             Petiole (leaf stem) color: Green

            Petiole pubescent? No

            Viviparous? No

            Spread of plant (diameter):  150-240 cm.

 

What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?

            This cultivar resembles N. ‘Albert Greenberg’ but differs because the leaves are heavily mottled.

Unusual characteristics or comments:

            None.

 

Additional images of N. ‘Barbara Barnett’

 

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