Blue Lotus of the Nile Lily (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea) in the Nymphaeas Database - Garden.org

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Uses:	Water gardens

Common names

Blue Lotus of the Nile Lily
Egyptian Blue Water Lily

Botanical names

Accepted: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
Synonym: Nymphaea capensis
Synonym: Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis
Synonym: Nymphaea caerulea

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2015-09-10
Blue Water Lily 002

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Location: Adelaide Botanic Garden, Australia
Date: 2024-03-06

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Location: Longwood Garden

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Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-16
with dragonfly..:)

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Location: My garden
Date: 2022-07-29

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Location: My garden
Date: 2022-07-01

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Location: Barbados
Date: 2015-12-12

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Location: Kew Gardens (London, England): Wasserlilien-Haus
Photo courtesy of:Peter Bubenik

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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia.
Date: 2014-10-18
Beautiful but a weed species here. Responsible for the decline of

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Date: September
credit: Prenn

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09
note frog and dragonfly

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Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Date: 2020-07-05
Plant listed as Nymphaea capensis

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Location: Temperate Garden Lagoon at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Date: 2010-11-07
Photo courtesy of: Brisbane City Council

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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-16

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Date: 2014-11-12
Photo courtesy of: Aathavan jaffna

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Location: Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia
Photo courtesy of:Peripitus

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09
w/ frog

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2009-09-29

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Location: Tenerife, Spain
Date: 2009-01-11
Photo courtesy of: Nacku

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Date: 2007-10-27
Photo courtesy of: Dr. Avishai Teicher

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Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe. Ghent (Gand) van Hou

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09

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Location: Pookode Lake
Date: 2011-12-24
Photo courtesy of: Rameshng

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Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Tropical waterlily with Dragonfly by Carolyn22	Oct 15, 2011 4:04 PM	2

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