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WGI International Checklist of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):
Nymphaea ‘John Wedgwood’
2) Hardy or tropical:
Hardy 3) Day
or night bloomer: Day
4) Originator:
Andreas Protopapas 5)
Year of origin: 2005
6) Address:
7) Nominant (Named by):
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? No
17) If yes
to 16, give details of the earliest publication (title, date, publisher, etc.):
Appears in the WGI Journal 1.1.
Appears in the WGI web site galleries.
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: Known
Pollen (paternal) parent: Known
Please give
following dimensions in centimetres
Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Star shaped
Diameter: Average 15 cm.
Sepal color, exterior: Light
green with red (RHS 49C)
Sepal color, interior: Green with orange white (RHS 159A)
Sepal number: 4
Petal color:
Petal number: 28
Stamen: Filament color: Yellow/orange (RHS 16B
RHS 17D) changing to (RHS 17B)
on inner stamens.
Anther color:
Deep Yellow/orange (RHS 16B RHS 17D) changing to (RHS 17B)
on inner stamens.
Tip color: Yellow/orange (RHS 16B RHS 17D) changing to
(RHS 17B)
on inner stamens.
Number of Stamens: Between 69 and
75.
Number of Carpellary Styles: Between 13 and 15, yellow/orange (RHS 23A)
Pedicel (flower
stalk) color: Brown round. Four main air
holes. Diameter 6 mm.
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? Hairy.
Fragrant? Fragrant
Height above water: 0 cm.
Leaves: Shape: Orbicular
Margin:
Entire
Length
x width: Max size diameter 18 cm.
Sinus: Always
open
Lobes: Slightly mucronate.
Color, top:
Green (RHS 147A) with blotches or spots (RHS 200A). On mature leaves the top
blotches and spots disappear
Color,
underside: Brown (RHS 165A) with blotches (RHS 200A)
Petiole (leaf
stem) color: Brown, round in shape. Four main air
channels, two larger than the other two.
Petiole pubescent? Yes
Viviparous? No
Spread of plant (diameter): Medium size
What
cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
None
Unusual
characteristics or comments:
A changeable yellow, orange, white waterlily. Starts with a yellow colour becoming
a more pronounced orange, with white yellow mixed in the petals.
How the plant was named :
John Wedgwood, with Sir
Joseph Banks, founded in 1804 what is today the Royal Horticultural Society.
John Wedgwood (1766-1844) was the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood, uncle of Charles
Darwin. Josiah had established an extremely important business in
At the time of the
Bicentenary of the Royal Horticultural Society, Lady Alexandra Wedgwood, wife
of Sir Martin Wedgwood, the present family member of the RHS, suggested that it
would be fitting to have a waterlily named for John Wedgwood. In June of 2005,
Curator Jim Gardiner of the RHS at
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