Giant Amazon Lilly

[wt5y]

Should have it tommorow express mailed from muncie, IN.  Leaves are already 6inches around.  

Victoria Amazonica Longwood.  

Will be updating pond pics of it soon!  

[wt5y]

Arrived today at 2pm!  Unwrapped the newspaper and inserted the xlarge fertilizer tablets and planted it temporarily in a small pot in the front pond where the water temps have been average 2-4 degrees higher than the big pond.  Also set up a gray tub of pond water and 2 aquarium heaters for storing it at night when the temps drop.  Should be ready to repot and move into permanant spot in big pond in 3 weeks!  Doesnt look nothing like that pic yet.  But its a nice size lilly now with 6 inch leaves. 

[wt5y]

Here it is

Here you can kinda see the new leaf rolled up under the water

Underside you can see the small thorns under the leafpad and on the stem not very hard yet

Where Im storing on cold nights till its ready for big pond

My water poppies and some hyacinth and some of my lotus pads

Bug eating pitcher plant in bloom