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Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):

Nymphaea ‘Florida Star’

 

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

4) Originator: Florida Aquatic Nurseries, Inc.    5) Year of origin: 1998

            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, p. 25, Jan/Feb 1999

                                     

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. ‘Crystal’

 

Pollen (paternal) parent: N. ‘Trail Blazer’

 

Please give following dimensions in centimeters.

Colors from RHS Colour Charts.

 

Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Star

Diameter: 15-20 cm.

            Sepal color, exterior: 146A-B
 
            Sepal color, interior: 157A

            Sepal number: 4

            Petal color: 157A

Petal number: 24

            Stamen: Filament color: 13A-B

            Anther color: 13B                    

            Tip color: 157A

Pedicel (flower stalk) color: 199A

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No

Fragrant? Yes

Height above water: 30-38 cm.

 
 
Leaves: Shape: Ovate

            Margin: Mildly denate, undulating

            Length x width:  32 x 29 cm.

            Sinus: Open

            Lobes: Curled upwards, tips sharply pointed

            Color, top: 146B

            Color, underside: 181B with 145A veins

            Petiole (leaf stem) color: 152A

            Petiole pubescent? No

            Viviparous? Yes

            Spread of plant (diameter): 150-200 cm.

 

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

 

Unusual characteristics or comments:

Blooms are held high above the water. Tips of sepals are hooded. 

 

 

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