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Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name:

Nymphaea ‘Regal’

   

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

4) Originator: Charles Winch                             5) Year of origin: 1994

6) Address: Removed to protect privacy
 NSW, Australia

 

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:  10 cm.

 
            Sepal color, exterior: Green, heavily flecked with deep purple

            Sepal color, interior: Deep silvery blue purple

            Sepal number: 4

            Petal color: Deep silvery blue purple     

Petal number: 42, plus many extra stamens

            Stamen: Filament color: Dark yellow                             

            Anther color: Light yellow

Tip color: Blue purple

Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Bronze green

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No

Fragrant?  Yes

Height above water: 18 cm.

 

Leaves: Shape: Ovate

             Margin: Denate

 
             Length x width: 22 x20 cm.

             Sinus: Wide open

             Lobes: Pointed           

            Color, top: Green with purple variegation

            Color, underside: Green speckled with dark purple

            Petiole (leaf stem) color: Bronze

            Petiole pubescent? Yes

            Viviparous? No

            Spread of plant (diameter):        140 cm.

 

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

N. ‘Blue Aster’. It has a much smaller habit. Pads have unusual wide open sinuses.

 

Unusual characteristics or comments:

Small plant with spade shaped leaves and purple flowers with many petals.

 

 

Additional Images of N. ‘Regal’

 

 

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