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Grow your own Blue Lotus Flowers.
Nymphaea caerulea Blue Lotus seedpack, ± 50 seeds
A few days after the Water Lily flower is pollinated, the flower stem
tightens in a spiralling spring to bring the flower head underwater. The
fruit develops underwater into a spongy berry with many seeds that are
enclosed in arils. When ripe, up to 2,000 tiny seeds are released from
each fruit. Young seeds float as they contain air pockets. They are then
dispersed by water currents or by water birds that eat them. As they
become waterlogged, they sink into the mud to germinate.
The plant also spreads by sprouting from the creeping rhizomes.
The Lotus grows best in rich loam soil with 1/2 inch of rinsed gravel on
top of the soil. The pot is completely submerge in calm freshwater.
The Seed should be sown thinly, covered lightly with soil and then
plunged into shallow water, no deeper than 2.5 cm, and placed in a
sunny position. Germination should take 3-4 weeks The seedlings will
look like fine grass at first, developing true leaves later. When the first
two or three floating leaves appear the seedling should be pricked out
and planted into individual containers and immersed back in the water.
The seeds offered here are strictly for horticultural use.
Consult the disclaimer before your order.
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