This a photo of a large pond down the road a piece.
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I love lotus.
Jeri
I have searched the web and have posted this photo on the Identifaction forum and still do not know what Lotus this is. Thanks, John
It looks like N. lutea to me. It is a U.S. native. I noticed several brown seed heads in the photo. I would like some seeds of those to start. If you look at the brown lotus pod, you will notice some big fat seeds and sometimes some skinny seeds in the holes in the center. I would want the big fat ones. The fatter the better.
I've sent along a picture of two lotus seeds in hand.
All the best,
Deb
Is this your pond?? Wow!! it is SOOOOO nice!!! Bellie
Bellie, no this pond is just down the road from me out in the middle of a hay meadow. But I have a large pond in my front yard that I had built so my grandkids would have a place to fish. My Gkids have all grown up now and I want to sow it with this lotus. Someone said that I would need to punch a hole in the seeds. I have tryed and these are so hard I have not found a way yet. This is a pic of some of the seed heads that I collected yesterday. John
Hmmmm, When I've started them I just used a drimmel drill blade to the side of the seed or I'ved rubbed the seed on it's side back and forth on the driveway till I can see some white. I think I put mine out in Mid May and it took 2 years before I got a bloom. I just let the seeds float on top of very large water garden pot I had that had topsoil (don't use potting soil the little white pieces float). The seeds would sink on their own. They would then send up little leaves about the size of a silver dollar pancake. After the leaves that float on the water come the leaves that stick up out of the water appear.
Here is one I started from a pod that was in a friend's Christmas arrangement. She said the arrangement was over ten years old. You'll notice the bright glittery red paint still on the seed.
I saw your other thread and it is a lotus you have. You can go to www.victoria-adventure.org and look at the different lotus and waterlilies they have.
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