Genus: Nymphaea

I know they eat them in Bali, but I actually saw these Aboriginal kids dive into that lagoon, fishing them out by the dozens and of course I had to ask what they were going to do with them. Cook them!

hmmm... never thought of water lilies as food...make sense now you mention it... a starchy root.

great to see these au naturelle! Is it the light or are the petals tipped with a soft mauve!?

Are they? Well this is just a native lily on the lagoon. And you know, they eat the stalks too!

Lovely colour. Ours are all pink.

Wonderful. I love water lilies and these leaves are almost silver. Nice flower. I envy you, as my water lilies are dead or dormant, but nothing in the pot to show for!

So nice. I live those !

what a great colour,

I think that this is the best pond liliy that I've ever seen. BEAUTIFUL !

I'm so jealous ! It's beautiful, my pond is in too much shade for these beauties to bloom, so I'll just admire yours !

lovely photo

This is so pretty!

This is Beautiful

Beautiful!

WOW i truly love this well done!!!

Thnks for all your kind words. I think we gardeners like it when the wildlife gets in our pics even if it is only a snail. Of course this was unintentional, I did not see the snail till I looked at the picture on the computer.

Lovely! Enen the snail...

The snails seem to leave the lilies alone. They may eat other plants. I had a water lettuce which got eaten. They may also have eaten the water buttercups that we had, unless these only have a short season. I'm not sure. We have thousands of snails, they just appear. We also have very interesting noisy frogs that laugh or quack like a duck. They must be peculiar to this part of the world.

Fantastic Pic Chris :) Dont the Horned Water Snail eat your Pond Plants?

Wow That Water Lily Flower Is Gorgeous :O My Lily has only 1 flower &still coming2the ponds Surface ! it should be Red when it opens :)

Lovely

Fantastic. A BLOOMING good year

Perfect

Pure perfection :-)

great picture

beautiful chris

Lovely - think I might have same variety Rosennymphe?

Wow... what a beautiful bloom ! Wish I could get water lilies to bloom, my pond is in too much shade. Great close-up shot.

I've got 3 plants, 2 in bigger pond and 1 in small one.

Yes very nice. How many nymphaea do you have?

GREAT photo Chris :)

Lovely :)

I absolutely love your Torii. Have you seen other forms of this, such as the v-shaped ones over a Christ or Mary Statute?

Fantastic!! They close their flowers in the afternoon, aren't they?

Spectacular !

Iv a Red Water Lilly i put in2my pond last year cant wait4it 2 flower:D

Very Beautiful~ It makes me miss my pond I had when I lived in California. Do you keep fish?