Nymphaea colorata

Colorful water lily (Nymphaea colorata )

The colorful water lily (Nymphaea colorata ), also called Blue Nile water lily, is a plant of the genus lily (Nymphaea ). The home is located in East Africa. It was first described in 1928 by A. Peter.

Description

The colorful water lily is a perennial herbaceous plant. This water plant forms from a submerged rhizome. A plant takes up a space of about 1 to 2 feet in diameter at the water surface.

The leaves are long-petiolate. The leaf blade is in outline circular with a diameter of about 20 centimeters, the incision is usually open, rarely covered up to half of the lobes. The leaf margin is slightly wavy. Upper hand, the leaves are green above, purple - bluish green with prominent veins.

The hermaphrodite flowers are plentiful at the water surface and they open during the day. The flowers are fragrant hardly not to. They are bowl -shaped, with about 11 to 14 centimeters in diameter. The perianth consists of four to five sepals and 13-15 petals. The petals are more intense blue - violet colored than sepals. The almost black colored stamens wear the purple - red, towards the tip lighter dust bag.

Use

The colorful water lily is used as an ornamental plant. It makes a lot of flowers in relation to leaf mass. Unusually for a tropical water lily tagblühende it still flourishes in cool temperatures below 20 ° C. Central European winter however, are not tolerated. She is a parent of the hybrids Nymphaea ' Director George T. Moore ' and Nymphaea 'Midnight '.