first lotus of the year

I just had a lotus open. Aint she pretty.

Pretty!

Here's my first one that opened Friday, the 23rd.

Robert.

This one usually blooms first for me. The name of this lotus is 'Strawberry Blonde.'

Do you all have the names of your lotus?

I think mine is "Sunflower" but I'm not 100% on that.

Robert.
PS That's "Attraction" in the other container.

Awesome Awesome. I was surprised to see it bloom this year. This is one of the tubers that i got this year from TexasWaterLilies.com
I thought it would be next year before I saw a bloom.

very nice indeed..

This was the first to open at a school pond where I volunteer. I don't know the name of this one. It might be 'Angel Wings'; however, it was donated so I might be able to track it down if someone is really interested.

This is a great website to look at lotus: www.victoria-adventure.org
it also has water lilies and articles by different people.

I'd still like to know the name of the pink one rylaff has blooming.

Silly me, when I potted them up, I put the tag down in the water with the tuber. It is somewhere down there but I havent found it yet.

Well, at least you got a tag. Here is one somebody gave me. I don't know the name of it.

This was the first to bloom this year at my home. It had a deformed center. It is a smaller lotus with lots of petals.