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Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: A lovely waterlily suitable for tubs. Very hardy and blooms early.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: June 26, 2006

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: One of my favorites. Not easily located these days.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: March 30, 2007

Gallery: Bulb
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: Three scapes emerging from the same side. This is the only time I have ever seen this.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: March 10, 2008

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: Bud detail showing keels. This is another key to differentiate Unique from Pasadena with which it is occasionally confused.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: March 28, 2007

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: A wonderfully recurved cultivar not widely offered.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: December 20, 2007

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 29, 2007

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: The leaf keels showing the distinctive dark coloration.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 23, 2007

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: With 'Supreme Garden\" on the right.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 30, 2007

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: Foliage, flower and seedpod.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 31, 2006

Gallery: Seed pods or heads
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: It is said that the pod was used to imprint butter.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 31, 2006

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: November 28, 2011
Caption: With zinnias (L) and Musella lasiocarpa (R)
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 11, 2006

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: The plant form the the bloom color is identical to the single species.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: July 3, 2006

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: I bought this as A. bulbifer and wondered where the leaf-born bulbils were at season's end. Eventually the bulb bloomed and I was able to ID it. A source said it is often found in shipments of A. bulbifer.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: April 19, 2009

Gallery: Bulb
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: April 19, 2009

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: April 19, 2009

Gallery: Stamens, filaments and pistils
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: Detail of male parts on spadix.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: April 19, 2009

Gallery: Stamens, filaments and pistils
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: The upper portion (greenish area) of the spadix is covered in non-functional proturbances. The buff-colored section bears the pollen-producing parts.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: April 19, 2009

Gallery: Bulb
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: This species produces bulbs from leaf cuttings in just a few months.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: September 20, 2006

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: Motherbulb with secondary and tertiary offsets in a 10\" pot.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: October 10, 2007

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: November 24, 2011
Caption: A well-grown mature bulb can produce three flowers.
Photo location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date of photo: February 18, 2009