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Nymphaea Aphrodite description.
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1) Cultivar Name (Epithet):
(If new, Proposed Cultivar Name): Nymphaea Aphrodite
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
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.
Also won third place in the IWGS competition for Water Lilies in 2004
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? No
19) If yes to any of the above, please give details:
20) Has a Standard been deposited in a recognized herbarium? 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 centimetres
Description Flower: Shape: Star shaped
Diameter: Average 12 cm.
Sepal color, exterior: Green
Sepal color, interior : Pink flashed with white
Sepal number: 4 sometimes 5
Petal color: Pink (RHS 73A)
Petal number:37 to 42
Stamen: Filament color: yellow (RHS 13A) base starts off red (RHS 54B)
Anther color: : yellow (RHS 13A)
Tip color: : : yellow (RHS 13A)
Number of Stamens: Around
Number of Carpellary Styles: Around 17, yellow with orange tip
Pedicel (flower stalk) color: round.
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? Hairy. 4 air channels
Fragrant? Fragrant
Height above water: 0 to 4 cms.
Leaves: Shape: Orbicular
Margin: Entire
Length x width: Early leaves 11cms. Mature leaves max 15cms.
Sinus: Closed on young leaves slightly open on mature leaves.
Lobes: Not mucronate to slightly mucronate
Color, top: on early leaves , Green (RHS 147A). Mature leaves top Green (RHS 146A).
Color, underside: Brown (RHS 183B) on early Leaves and on mature Leaves Brown (RHS 183A)
Petiole (leaf stem) color: Brown Oval
Petiole pubescent? Yes
Viviparous? No
Spread of plant (diameter): Medium size
What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
Unusual characteristics or comments:
Nymphaea Aphrodite is a Star shaped Water Lily with a large number of pointed Petals
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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