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WGI International Checklist of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):
Nymphaea ‘Kew’s Electric Indigo’
2) Hardy or tropical: Tropical day/night intersubgeneric 3) Day or night bloomer: Day
4) Originator: Carlos Magdalena, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 5) Year of origin: 2009
6) Address: Removed to protect privacy
7) Nominant (Named by): Carlos Magdalena, Royal Botanic
Gardens
8) Address (if different from above):
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Introducer: Carlos Magdalena, Royal Botanic Gardens
10) Address (if different from above):
11) Applicant: Carlos
Magdalena, Royal Botanic Gardens
12) Address (if different from above):
3) 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.):
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. ‘Barre Hellquist’
Pollen (paternal) parent: N. lotus (white form)
Please give following dimensions in centimeters.
Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Starry cup
Diameter: 18 cm.
Sepal color, exterior: Olive green, reddish at base
Sepal color, interior: Electric blue
Sepal number: 4
Petal color: Light blue
Petal number: 25
Stamen: Filament color: White with some blue intrusions
Anther color: Yellow with some blue intrusions
Tip color:
White, yellow or blue
Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Olive
green
Pedicel
pubescent (fuzzy)? Yes
Fragrant? Lightly scented
Height above water: 40 cm.
Leaves: Shape: Nearly sagittate
Margin: Dentate
Length x width: 40 x 30 cm.
Sinus: Partly overlapping
Lobes: Pointed
Color, top: Green with scattered rhomboid pale brown/reddish blotches
Color, underside: Olive green/
purplish, occasionally brown especially when
unfurling, with “harlequin-like”
rhomboid blue/purple blotches
Petiole (leaf stem) color: Olive green
Petiole pubescent? Slightly
Viviparous? No
Spread of plant (diameter): 200 cm.
What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ? N. ‘Barre Hellquist’. N. ‘Kew’s Electric Indigo’ has a red ring at the base of the sepals and the intersection with the flower pedicel. Also, ‘Kew’s Electric Indigo’ has blotched undersides, darker petioles, and more starry flowers.
Unusual characteristics or comments: First intersubgeneric hybrid between day bloomer and night bloomer species (subgenus Anecphya x subgenus Lotus)
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