Blue Bagdad and other blooms today

just felt like sharing a pic

heres a pic of a hardy trio blooming on top of a thorny eurayle pad .

This message was edited Jul 2, 2006 11:03 AM

Blue Capensis

I love eurayles massive thorny pads ,here is a pic of its not so spectacular blooms ...

Absolutely Gorgeous!!
Wonderful eye candy-thanks.

Marian Strawn

you are welcome :) I wish I had a better camera . I use my picture phone ! It does close ups pretty well but its impossible to get a good long shot .
heres a pretty pink hardy I lost the tag to.

another pink beauty ...

an old favorite Darwin

Red cup nightbloomer

Wowee. All are absolutely beautiful. Especially that last pic.

I love the shape of Darwin.
I know your ponds are beautiful with all these beauties are blooming.

Yes. I love the Darwin best also...

Teresa, who says euryale ferox flowers aren't spectacular..this was a few years back.

I love the red cups too Rylaff ,Ive plenty of babies if youd like to trade dmail me :)

Darwin is a nice lily is'ent it CC and Charlotta ? it's like a little black dress ; darn near perfect for any occassion .


great pic Eclipse ! Ive had eurayles for 4 years and never such a nice bloom as yours :) they grow well , bloom often and reseed with abandon but the blooms arent even generally above the water line ; I notice yours rises out . very nice !
one spectacular pic deseves another so
here is a pic of my victoria amazonica longwood hybrid from last year .Im skipping this year and installing another big pond . Ive grown them for 3 years and really miss those massive ,fragrent blooms and incredible pads .... this is the firstnight bloom

here is the 2nd night bloom

and the final few hours ...

Awesome pics...... !

I have total zone envy. Those are beautiful!