Nymphaea Species, Pygmy Water Lily

From Wikipedia:
Nymphaea thermarum was discovered in 1987 by German botanist Eberhard Fischer.
The specific epithet, therm...Read Morearum, refers to the hot spring and temperature that provided its native habitat.
There are no common names for the plant, though Kew Gardens is informally calling it "pygmy Rwandan water lily"

To learn how to grow from seed, look at above progression of photos taken by Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Lei...Read Moreden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Per Rogier van Vugt:
"The smallest waterlily of the world that occurs on just one tiny spot in Rwanda is probably best known from the work of Carlos Magdalena who discovered the method to sow the species successfully at KEW Gardens, UK. It is good to see that this charming plant is slowly getting more common in cultivation as that is exactly what an endangered plant needs. Today Youri Witmer and I where potting up a new batch of seedlings and thought its nice to show this plant from flower to flower.

This is maybe also a good place to promote Carlos his book. If you like this post, than you will most certainly love his book.
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