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WGI International Checklist of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name:
Nymphaea ‘Blue Aster’
2)
Hardy or tropical: Tropical 3)
Day or night bloomer: Day
4)
Originator: Charles Winch 5)
Year of origin: 1991
6)
Address: Removed to protect privacy
NSW,
7) Nominant (Named by): Charles Winch
8) Address
(if different from above):
9) Introducer:
10) Address
(if different from above):
11) Applicant:
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.):
The Names of Waterlilies 2002
Knotts
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: Unknown
Pollen
(paternal) parent: Unknown
Please give following dimensions
in centimeters
Description
‑ Flower: Shape: Stellate
Diameter: 16.5 cm.
Sepal
color, exterior: Green, heavily flecked with deep purple
Sepal color,
interior: Yellowish green with deep purple edges
Sepal
number: 4 large and 4 small Green
Petal
color: Deep purple blue
Petal
number: 60 (some stamenoid)
Stamen:
Filament color: Dark yellow
Anther color: Light yellow
Tip color: Purple blue
Pedicel
(flower stalk) color: Bronze green
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No
Fragrant? Yes
Height
above water: 25 cm.
Leaves: Shape:
Ovate
Margin: Denate
Length x width: 23 x22 cm.
Sinus: Open
Lobes: Pointed
Color, top: Green splashed with deep
purple
Color, underside: Green speckled
with dark purple, maroon
Petiole
(leaf stem) color: Bronze
Petiole
pubescent? No
Viviparous?
No
Spread of plant (diameter): 150 – 160 cm.
What
cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
N.
‘Midnight Serenade’. It has a different shape, petals are
darker and centre is different
Unusual
characteristics or comments:
Best
New Waterlily, IWGS Competition 2005
Additional
Images of N. ‘Blue Aster’
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