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Nymphaea Efestus description.
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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):
(If new, Proposed Cultivar Name): Nymphaea Efestus
2) Hardy or tropical: Hardy 3) Day or night bloomer: Day
4) Originator: Andreas Protopapas 5) Year of origin: 2002
6) Address: 35 Panagias Kykkou Archangelos Kato Lakatamia Nicosia 2331 Cyprus
7) Nominant (Named by): Andreas Protopapas
8) Address (if different from above):
9) Introducer: Andreas Protopapas
10) Address (if different from above):
11) Applicant: Andreas Protopapas
12) Address (if different from above):
13) Phone: +35722371385 mob: +35799434281 14) Fax: 15) Email: aprotopa@gmail.com
16) As far as you know, has this name been published in a dated publication together with a description? Yes
Yes or No
17) If yes to 16, give details of the earliest publication (title, date, publisher, etc.): Serrosen by Dieter Beehthold / Haro Hieronimus 2006 Dahne Verlag GmbH, Postfach 10 02 50, D-76256 Ettingen. ISBN 10:3-935175-33-7 and ISBN 13:978-3-935175-33-3
Also appears on the WGI web site galleries.
18) Has this cultivar been granted Patent or Plant Breeders' Rights, or is it being sold under a trade designation other than the name used here? Yes or No No
19) If yes to any of the above, please give details:
20) Has a Standard been deposited in a recognized herbarium? Yes or No No
21) If yes, please give details (where, when deposited, etc.):
ABOUT THE PLANT
Parentage: Seed (maternal) parent: Known
Pollen (paternal) parent: Known
Please give following dimensions in centimeters
Description Flower: Shape: Cup
Diameter: Average 8 cm.
Sepal color, exterior: Green in centre lengthwise and Red lengthwise on edges
Sepal color, interior: Light green in centre, Red on edges flashed with white
Sepal number: 4 sometimes 5
Petal color: Dark Red (RHS 59A) black (RHS 202A) on tips
Petal number:35 to 39
Stamen: Filament color: Dark red (RHS 59A) on Base Dark Red (RHS 59C)
Anther color: ( Dark red RHS59A)
Tip color: : Black (RHS 202A)
Number of Stamens to
Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Brown (RHS 177B)
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? Hairy. 7 air channels approximately 6 mm in diameter
Fragrant? Some fragrance
Height above water: 0 cm.
Leaves: Shape: Ovate
Margin: Entire
Length x width: early leaves 11 x 10 cm. Mature leaves max size 16.5 x 15.5 cm.
Sinus: Closed. Overlaping on some leaves
Lobes: Mucronate
Color, top: on early leaves dark Brown (RHS 200A) and on mature leaves Green (RHS 147A)
Color, underside: Brown (RHS 177A) on early Leaves and on mature Leaves (RHS 177A) flushed with green.
Petiole (leaf stem) color: Brown round
Petiole pubescent? Yes
Viviparous? No
Spread of plant (diameter): cm.
What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
None
Unusual characteristics or comments:
Nymphaea Niki has three colours. It starts off on the outer Petals with Pink flashed with white moving towards yellow in the inner Petals. Usually Pink cultivars do not have variegated leaves. Nymphaea Niki has variegation on the upper and lower leaves.
Photos or illustrations: 1. Entire plant with one pad reversed
2. The flower
3. An image showing the best characteristics of the cultivar
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