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Euryale ferox in bud!
« on: July 27, 2009, 08:26:38 PM »
YEAH BABY!  @O@






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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 08:15:06 AM »
And a photo of the whole plant....

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 08:42:39 AM »
That is really beautiful....can't wait until it blooms.... O0

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 10:59:01 AM »
I've had 3 buds so far but as is often the case, the plant is stubborn about breaking the surface with them.

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 01:28:43 PM »
Joyce will make it bloom  :)  What color is the flower?

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 02:36:22 PM »
Nice!! O0
I've tried these before and they won't survive here. Not consistently warm enough I guess. ::) :-\
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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 04:10:49 PM »
A pretty blueish purple. Small though. Not large like a Victoria bloom.
It has a habit though of blooming and self pollinating under water a lot though.

Although that is not always the case... check this shot out...




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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2009, 04:59:01 PM »
Nice. I'll be glad when mine gets that far.
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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2009, 09:04:59 PM »
Very nice!!!  O0

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2009, 06:34:08 AM »
Congrats!  It still amazes me what all you can get to grow  O0
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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2009, 07:40:59 AM »
Thanks! Remember, we are not mainland NY, we're 100 miles EAST of the mainland,
surrounded by oceans bays and the sound, which buffers extreme hot/cold temps, and zone 7b/8a.
Here it is today...it's been extremely hot and humid for almost a week now.   ::)
Euryale ferox is loving it!  @O@
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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2009, 06:58:22 PM »
 :(  I'm waiting to see an actual bloom on that huge monster   8-)~

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Re: Euryale ferox in bud!
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009, 07:34:11 PM »
I grow it in zone 6. It does good. And when it seeds in my pond the seeds pop up the next year in my pond as baby plants. Sometimes they bloom below the water here. And sometimes above.

 

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