Wed 9 Sep 2009
Nymphaea caerulea
A wonderful addition to our pond plants, the blue water lily of the Nile. The flowers stand up above the water level on strong stems and the large fresh green leaves float below providing welcome shade for the submerged oxygen giving plants.
Summer 2009 is our first season with these lovely plants and we are interested to see how they cope with their first Algarve winter, a long way from home in Egypt.
The dried blue flowers of this water lily were found strewn on top of the coffin of the young Pharoah Tutenkamoun.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Wow…You have posted wonderful picture of Nymphaea caerulea that looks awesome. It was nice going through your blog. Keep it up the good work.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hello Flowers,
thanks for your kind words, it was difficult not to fill the whole page with pics of these lovely flowers, keep in touch, and keep commenting !
September 12th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I always love looking at blue water lily. The center seems like a furnace with glowing yellow flame…. Lovely picture… ~bangchik
September 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Hello bangchik, thank you for your comment, this is a very new plant to us and we were delighted to find out that it is also very sweetly scented as well as being so beautiful. We hope for many more flowers before the cooler weather arrives here on the Algarve.
September 16th, 2009 at 10:46 am
lovely picture. tropical water lily is my favorite flower. i would like to see more of this. you can also watch some tropical water lily shots on my blog. keep posting.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Hello Muhammad, I have sent you some photos, I hope they arrive OK.
November 18th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Ohh. nice Blog and nice article also