New Photo-Lou Belloisy's 'SILVER MOON' at Duke Gardens

[rdrboone]

Here are a couple of photos of Louis Belloisy's  'Silver Moon' waterlily taken Saturday 13 Sept 2009 at Duke Gardens.

It is a very pretty lily.  The flower is real large.  I estimate that it was about 10" in diameter.  I don't know how old the flower was on Saturday, but it did not show much blue.  I suspect that it was not a 1st day flower.

Enjoy,

Ruth

[Ky Kim]

Very nice!

[miguynmkoi]

Beautiful!  Thanks for showing a winner!

[Desertponder]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[landey1230]

Tones are as soft as a summer cloud. 

[louis]

Hello Ruth,

My goodness, its nice to see the plant at Duke, thanks for posting it. its hard to tell from the photo if its first day or not, i think it might be the second day.

the color of the flower is dependent on the temperature, i have found, the cooler the deeper the blue.
i cant read the plaque, what did it say.

looks nice, i am pleased.

thank you,

louis

[rdrboone]

Louis, 
 
You are very welcome.  It was a pleasure to be able to see your lily in person.  It is a gorgeous lily. 

The temp was in the mid 80's there last Saturday, with bright sun, when I was there.  I was there about 12:30pm, so that is probably the reason that the lily was more white than blue.  I had hoped to go back later in the afternoon, but was not able to.

I have attached a photo of the label for you to see.  Also, I attached a photo of the pond that your lily is in.  Unfortunately, your lily flower in the pond photo is almost hidden by some foliage in the foreground.  I did not notice this when I took the photo.

Enjoy,  Ruth

[louis]

Louis, 
 
You are very welcome.  It was a pleasure to be able to see your lily in person.  It is a gorgeous lily. 

The temp was in the mid 80's there last Saturday, with bright sun, when I was there.  I was there about 12:30pm, so that is probably the reason that the lily was more white than blue.  I had hoped to go back later in the afternoon, but was not able to.

I have attached a photo of the label for you to see.  Also, I attached a photo of the pond that your lily is in.  Unfortunately, your lily flower in the pond photo is almost hidden by some foliage in the foreground.  I did not notice this when I took the photo.

Enjoy,  Ruth

hi again ruth, thanks for the photos. appreciate it.

louis

[kitfoxdrvr]

Louis:

What does Duke Gardens do with the plant once winter comes?  I am about an hour away and would like to volunteer to host it in my garage this winter if it can vacation in my pond next spring!!!  It is a GORGEOUS lily!  Congrats!  The people have spoken and I do believe they may be closer to right than the judges were!!!

Steve

[louis]

Louis:

What does Duke Gardens do with the plant once winter comes?  I am about an hour away and would like to volunteer to host it in my garage this winter if it can vacation in my pond next spring!!!  It is a GORGEOUS lily!  Congrats!  The people have spoken and I do believe they may be closer to right than the judges were!!!

Steve

hi steve, thanks for the offer. i am sending the plant down south to a friend's nursery for evaluation.

appreciate the offer.

thanks,

louis

[HOWELL]

I'm in love with this lily.....

[Joyce]

Me too howell. 

I think it looks just like it's namesake....a silver moon.