Thanks everyone!
I just did 2 table arrangements for a friends 30th High School reunion.
They consist of one smallish lotus pad about 15-18" wide, poked with three 1/2" wide holes around the center of the pad.
Into each hole I poked the stems of one unopened bud, one 1st day bloom (cup-shaped) and one 2nd day bloom. (wide open)
Each pad is floating in a low square ceramic footed bowl.
Also laid a small pod across in each arrangement, sticking out from the edge of the bowl.
Wish I had time to take pix, but she came, we cut flowers, literally stuck it all together in about 5 minutes or less,
Stuck it all in a flat box in her trunk and she is gone. I asked her to take pix, so we shall see how they ended up.