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Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name:

NymphaeaManassas

   

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

4) Originator: J. Craig Presnell                          5) Year of origin: 2004

6) Address: Removed to protect privacy
 Zolfo Springs, FL USA

 

7) Nominant (Named by): J. Craig Presnell

            8) Address (if different from above):

 

9) Introducer: J. Craig Presnell

10) Address (if different from above):

 

11) Applicant: J. Craig Presnell

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 Garden News, 55.3, April 2006 

 

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: Unnamed seedling

             Pollen (paternal) parent: Unknown

 

Please give following dimensions in centimeters

 

Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Stellate

Diameter:  25 cm.

            Sepal color, exterior: Green with black streaks

            Sepal color, interior: White

            Sepal number: 4

Petal color: Bright full pink
Petal number: 28-30

            Stamen: Filament color: Deep pink                               

            Anther color: Deep pink

 
                        Tip color: Pink

            Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Brown

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? Pubescence on submerged portion

Fragrant?  Slightly

Height above water: 30 cm.

 

Leaves: Shape: Oval

             Margin: Denate

             Length x width: 56 x 51 cm.

             Sinus: Closed

             Lobes: Overlapping, pointed   

             Color, top: Green heavily mottled with maroon

             Color, underside: Green with obvious veins and some pink and blue splotches

             Petiole (leaf stem) color: Brown

             Petiole pubescent?  No

             Viviparous? No

             Spread of plant (diameter):       340 cm.

 

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

            N. ‘Evelyn Randig’, but the pads are oval, not round, and more heavily colored with maroon. 

 

Unusual characteristics or comments:
           
Pads are textured and give the appearance of being quilted.

 

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