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Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):

Nymphaea ‘Sky of Awaji’

 

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

4) Originator: Yasuhiro Satou                         5) Year of origin: 2009

            6) Address: Removed to protect privacy

                        Kobe, Japan

 

7) Nominant (Named by): Kobe Kacho-En

            8) Address (if different from above):

 

9) Introducer: Yasuhiro Satou

10) Address (if different from above):

 

11) Applicant: Yasuhiro Satou

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.):

                                                 

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. ‘Pink Leopardess’

 

Pollen (paternal) parent: Unnamed hybrid

 

Please give following dimensions in centimeters.

 

Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Stellate

Diameter: 26 cm.
 
            Sepal color, exterior: Green

            Sepal color, interior: White

            Sepal number: 4

            Petal color: Light blue

Petal number: 37 outer, 132 inner

            Stamen: Filament color: Deep yellow orange

            Anther color: Light blue             

            Tip color: Light blue

            Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Brown

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No

Fragrant?

 
Height above water: 15 cm.

 

Leaves: Shape: Ovate

            Margin: Dentate

            Length x width:  52 x 48 cm.

            Sinus: Closed

            Lobes: Pointed

 Color, top: Green

            Color, underside: Green

            Petiole (leaf stem) color: Light brown

            Petiole pubescent? No

            Viviparous? No

            Spread of plant (diameter): 300 cm.

 

What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ? N. ’Midnight’, but it is light blue and larger.

 

Unusual characteristics or comments:


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