Question:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom. > The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. > — > Bonnie > NJ > http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 > http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
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MrVboop55, I usually don’t have a problem with my water lilies, blooming but for the past three years I have had this one plant that year after year has not bloomed. It has grown, because it was divided this spring. I had placed in a back water part of my pond to decide what to do with it. It did what it had done for the last two years, produce pads and that was all. I thought it was getting enough light but as a last ditch effort to give it one last chance I moved it to an area of the pond that definitely got more light. Well, it evidently hasn’t been getting enough for it has produced within two weeks of being moved two of the prettiest deep purple pink/red blooms I have ever had. In this plant case the addition of about 2 more hours of intense light has made the difference. Sure glad I kept one this spring when I was dividing my plants. I think I got about three cuttings off this plant and sent them to someone on this list, so someone got a really nice plant. I wish I would have kept one. The difference of a couple of hours of light can make or break some lilies. Tom L.L.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > The > > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more > in > > past and got no bloom. > The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. > — > Bonnie > NJ > http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 > http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
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> The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom.
The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. — Bonnie NJ http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
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Bought a bare rooted water lily in Franks Nursery ( Staten Island, NY). Planted it in kitty liter a while back. And lo and behold it finally bloomed this week. First ever for me, had water lilies in the past but never had a bloom….. Now my question is, is this a hardy or tropical water lily. The package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in past and got no bloom.
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> Bought a bare rooted water lily in Franks Nursery ( Staten Island, NY). > Planted it in kitty liter a while back. And lo and behold it finally bloomed > this week. First ever for me, had water lilies in the past but never had a > bloom….. Now my question is, is this a hardy or tropical water lily. The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom.
Hardy to Zone 4. Mike Simpson
Response:
If you dont get a bloom out of a water lily all season you have a problem. One reason might be that your pond isn’t getting enough sunlight and the other most probable is that you are not fertilizing enough. Last year I had 2 or 3 blooms all season (I didn’t fertilize at all). This year already I have had 5-10 blooms and right now I have atleast 6 buds on the way up now. Several lilies are producing 2 buds at once. And the only difference is that this year I am using the pond tabs. If your pond isn’t getting atleast 6 hours of direct light you need to look into getting some lilies that will bloom in "low light" conditions. Most of these are tropical but there are some hardies that will bloom with less than 6 hours of sunlight.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom. > The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. > — > Bonnie > NJ > http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 > http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
Response:
MrVboop55, I usually don’t have a problem with my water lilies, blooming but for the past three years I have had this one plant that year after year has not bloomed. It has grown, because it was divided this spring. I had placed in a back water part of my pond to decide what to do with it. It did what it had done for the last two years, produce pads and that was all. I thought it was getting enough light but as a last ditch effort to give it one last chance I moved it to an area of the pond that definitely got more light. Well, it evidently hasn’t been getting enough for it has produced within two weeks of being moved two of the prettiest deep purple pink/red blooms I have ever had. In this plant case the addition of about 2 more hours of intense light has made the difference. Sure glad I kept one this spring when I was dividing my plants. I think I got about three cuttings off this plant and sent them to someone on this list, so someone got a really nice plant. I wish I would have kept one. The difference of a couple of hours of light can make or break some lilies. Tom L.L.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > The > > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more > in > > past and got no bloom. > The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. > — > Bonnie > NJ > http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 > http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
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> The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom.
The Nymphaea Maliacea Albida is a hardy lily. — Bonnie NJ http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm
Response:
Bought a bare rooted water lily in Franks Nursery ( Staten Island, NY). Planted it in kitty liter a while back. And lo and behold it finally bloomed this week. First ever for me, had water lilies in the past but never had a bloom….. Now my question is, is this a hardy or tropical water lily. The package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in past and got no bloom.
Response:
> Bought a bare rooted water lily in Franks Nursery ( Staten Island, NY). > Planted it in kitty liter a while back. And lo and behold it finally bloomed > this week. First ever for me, had water lilies in the past but never had a > bloom….. Now my question is, is this a hardy or tropical water lily. The > package says Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. Any help anyone? By the way paid > just $7.00 for it. Thought it was a bargain considering I have paid more in > past and got no bloom.
Hardy to Zone 4. Mike Simpson
Response:
If you dont get a bloom out of a water lily all season you have a problem. One reason might be that your pond isn’t getting enough sunlight and the other most probable is that you are not fertilizing enough. Last year I had 2 or 3 blooms all season (I didn’t fertilize at all). This year already I have had 5-10 blooms and right now I have atleast 6 buds on the way up now. Several lilies are producing 2 buds at once. And the only difference is that this year I am using the pond tabs. If your pond isn’t getting atleast 6 hours of direct light you need to look into getting some lilies that will bloom in "low light" conditions. Most of these are tropical but there are some hardies that will bloom with less than 6 hours of sunlight.