Author Topic: Has anyone seen this kind of water hyacinths (Read 3401 times)

HOWELL · « **on:** September 06, 2008, 07:55:47 AM »

a friend of mine that lives in san luis got them from a man walking on the street, so she bought some and she got this flowers after a while and the flowers have different colors, she even said one had a yellow one and a white one

Kat · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2008, 08:01:38 AM »

Those are so pretty. Keep us updated if they continue to bloom in those unusual colors.

tranquility · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2008, 08:26:22 AM »

NO....and I'd give my right arm to have one if the flowers truely go to the hyacinth.....Looks like the flowers are single where as All of the hyacinths I have ever seen are multiple flowers on a stalk...These look alot like Canna flowers

...Are you sure the flowers go to the plant and someones not playin' a joke on you? If these things are real----I can't wait till they get to the states....
Lawanna

HOWELL · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2008, 08:55:36 AM »

no they are to real but for some odd reason they are just here in mexico maybe natives, and there have been so arguments about what kind of hyacinths are they, but yeah mexico is the only place that has them, not even in south america, but yeah i will keep you posted ok
and yeah they look like canna flowers first thought i had too

HOWELL · « **Reply #4 on:** September 06, 2008, 09:11:57 AM »

more proofs

love the yellow one, dont ya love it?

tracey_shafer · « **Reply #5 on:** September 06, 2008, 09:38:56 AM »

Is that one plant flowering with different colored flowers? Very pretty it would stunning in anyones pond.

HOWELL · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2008, 09:44:34 AM »

not tracey they are two diffrent plants but they still look good each don't they?

reddad35 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2008, 09:46:22 AM »

Howell, if you could start growing those at your house you could retire a young man soon. The demand would be so great that you would not have enough room to grow them.

water_sprite · « **Reply #8 on:** September 06, 2008, 10:52:21 AM »

WOW! I'm absolutely speechless! On my wish list, for sure!

You know if you start growing these things, you'll have to remember all your friends here!

HOWELL · « **Reply #9 on:** September 06, 2008, 11:14:51 AM »

my friend down there is trying to get seedlings and for sure she is sending me, and then i will send you some because it is really difficult to cross things to america, but seedling who is gonna look for them

, but yeah i wont forget about you, i think i am going to look for those water hyacinths all over mexico, i wonder if joanna has seen them.

Jonna · « **Reply #10 on:** September 06, 2008, 11:34:26 AM »

No, I haven't seen them! But I hope I do! Those are beautiful, and I want some. The only hyacinths I've seen down here are the regular blue ones and they were out at the aquaparque. I've seen the blue ones elsewhere in Mexico, mainly clogging Lake Chapala. I was at a nursery yesterday and they had a small section of water plants, papyrus and one lily. I'll look around some more.

I am pretty sure you would have a big problem from the US agricultural inspection if you tried to take them north. Hyacinths are considered an invasive weed in many areas, and most of those areas are near the border. Don't risk it.

However, I wonder if you could ship them Estafeta to me? Heh! That would be a first time I could receive or send anything from down here. I would have to find something to send you for your pond. I have no pond yet, so I'm not really considering it now. Keep us informed on them though, they are truly beautiful.

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #11 on:** September 06, 2008, 12:59:50 PM »

This is the first time I've seen the different colored WH! Different from the standard but beautiful in vivid colors. Thanks Howell for sharing this find!

HOWELL · « **Reply #12 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:13:10 PM »

your welcome miguynmkoi
and joanna fo shizel my nizel haha

, and well we have ups and fedex do you have them as well?

landey1230 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:17:47 PM »

Good job, Howell.

Those are unique and great looking.

KatFish · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2008, 03:02:25 PM »

Those are stunning!!!! I wonder if they set seed? That'd be a lot easier to send over, wouldn't it?

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 06, 2008, 04:42:14 PM »

Those are Photoshopped Gladiolus flowers!

Joyce · « **Reply #16 on:** September 06, 2008, 04:53:51 PM »

I think so too LeeAnne!

HOWELL · « **Reply #17 on:** September 06, 2008, 05:17:41 PM »

not really i dont think they are photoshopped first of all, she wouldnt show the start tip, and if you look closely you will see a little leaf going from the tip to the flower just like in a normal hyacinth,
and i have gladiolous all over my place and the flowers look so much different, and the flowers shown here look more like a canna flower than gladiolous well i think so

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #18 on:** September 06, 2008, 05:55:38 PM »

Howell, mi amigo! When are you taking a tour of the southeastern states of the USA. I'm in Florida where they would treat you the same as if you were smuggling in drugs. But we'll cover for you. That way, you could return to Mexico with cheap water lilies. Just bring a big suitcase.

Happy ponding,
Scott

HOWELL · « **Reply #19 on:** September 06, 2008, 07:03:52 PM »

well scott,
cool but i hope i wont get deported by taking so many lillies

,sorry it maybe sounded wrong so sorry so i am deleting it after a while thinking i was well let me delete it may be bad so sorry, if i said something that i shoudlnt
and if they come to me and ask me if i do drugs, I will speak up to those peoples

and say, dude ya crazy i dont even drink or smoke because i dont, im a healthy guy, just one thing for sure is that i am

, but thats how i came to this world really.
but the taking so many lilies does not seem like a bad idea

anyhow i talked to my friend and joanna she said she will try to get some more if she sends some to me i will send some to you as well ok, and yeah lets start propagating this new water hyacinths species

Pa Nancy · « **Reply #20 on:** September 06, 2008, 11:05:24 PM »

Well if they are the real thing they are gorgeous and would become VERY popular amongst ponders that's for sure. A pond full of those would be soooooo pretty.

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 07, 2008, 12:46:37 AM »

Ok, they are Photoshopped canna flowers.

Or someone stuck canna flowers or gladiolus flowers on the hyacinths and took pictures. They aren't really the blooms of the water hyacinths.

Nice try though....

HOWELL · « **Reply #22 on:** September 07, 2008, 06:03:53 AM »

well i respect desicions lee ann and one thing i am so sure maybe they havn't spread out of mexico because of one thing, mexico isnt a place where everybody has ponds, so i can assure you I'm the only one here in this big city that has more than 400,000 preople, but whenever i get one i will show you ok,
another thing i dont really thing my friend has that amount of time to go and try to fool people, and to be all day stockking or photoshopping images, because if you see its not just one pic, so i respect

btw why would i try to fool someone i never said look nice new kind of water lilies i said hey have you seen this kind of water hyacinths

JoshS · « **Reply #23 on:** September 07, 2008, 07:50:19 AM »

Some of these same pictures were sent to the Victoria Adventure mailing list not long ago. The conclusion the members came to was that they are flowers from glads/cannas (I forget which, but they look like hybrid glads to me) that were very carefully stuck into the sheath that the hyacinth flower emerges from.

Howell, I don't think you are trying to trick us...you're just telling what you were told.

HOWELL · « **Reply #24 on:** September 07, 2008, 09:48:42 AM »

JoshS
yeah i know they did, but they were actually sent there by people from argentina and spain right, i didnt know the conclusion but my friend is a newbie in this pond thing so i dont really think she would be making this up to me or the other forum members, because what the point will be you know, so she bought them they call them here "reina de el agua", and well i am gonna try so hard to get one and will show you ok, because i really trust her, and i think there might be some kind of reality in those flowers and well if i found one do not doubt that i wll cross the border with it just to show you, well maybe not but i will show joanna and well joanna if you see some mexican walking with a big container on his elbow and see leaves do not doubt to buy they are water hyacinths,
but yeah last thing i heard from those people in the forum was that they were takiing the pics and sending them maybe they wanted the credit or something.
but i didnt know they failed
anyhow im sorry i created this controversy

tracey_shafer · « **Reply #25 on:** September 07, 2008, 10:42:16 AM »

Well if they are real I would love for them to be in my pond. And if they are not real it was nice dreaming.

greenthumbnails · « **Reply #26 on:** September 07, 2008, 12:33:28 PM »

Well...there is always a first time for every mutant plant..hehe

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 07, 2008, 12:54:54 PM »

As a former florist (20+ years) and someone with four years of formal education in ornamental horticulture (stupidist thing I ever did was drop out of college and not get my degree) and someone who is a university extension master gardener, I can tell you with 100% certainty that those are not water hyacinth blooms.

Now, that doesn't mean I am calling you or your friend names, it just means that someone, somewhere faked these pictures and sent them around the internet.

HOWELL · « **Reply #28 on:** September 07, 2008, 02:38:48 PM »

yeah i know greenthumbnails there is always a first time thats what i think so too this world is so big that we shouldnt know all of the plant that exist in this one, so there is always a first time
and leeanne i know i understand what you mean
but yeah i dont really care much about the flowers, i love pads and water hyacinthis without the flowers more than one with flower, my mom loves the flowers but i rather see the frogs on top of the flowers
well leeanne you have made me doubt so i asked my friend to send me one and be sure if they are real i am so posting it in here

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #29 on:** September 07, 2008, 05:53:23 PM »

If they aren't real, does anyone know of a genetic researcher looking for a project to do? What do you think the probability would be that this plant could be produced with todays genetic research? Can you just imagine the price of one if they could produce it?

Happy ponding,
Scott