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  1. Lotuses
  2. Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
  3. Photo by TexasPlumeria87

  • Plant: Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
  • Contributor: TexasPlumeria87 -
  • Info: Seedling or Young Plant / 2014-02-01 / Plano, TX / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: These took 5 days to germinate
Photo of Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Other Photos
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2011-06-29
Lotus X 2
  • By dawiz1753
Location: Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC
Date: 2018-07-12
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Known also as Indian Lotus, Bean
  • By Nick_Kurzenko

By Peripitus (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.ht
  • By SongofJoy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-08-05
Believed to be the first time this has flowered so far north in t
  • By kniphofia
Location: Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC
Date: 2018-07-12
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Known also as Indian Lotus, Bean
  • By Nick_Kurzenko
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-02-02
  • By bonitin
Location: 99 store 
Date: 2018-07-17
Fresh Rhizomes for sale
  • By piksihk

Photo credit: Hong Zhang
  • By robertduval14
Location: Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC
Date: 2018-07-12
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Called Indian Lotus, Bean of Ind
  • By Nick_Kurzenko
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2018-07-17
  • By scflowers
Location: Ocean palace, Houston 
Date: 2018-07-09
  • By piksihk
Location: Houston 
Date: 2018-07-09
  • By piksihk
Location: Middle TN
Date: 2011-06-29
I purchased this as var. caspicum.
  • By quercusnut
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2015-02-07
  • By bonitin
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
  • By sedumzz
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-17
  • By bonitin
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2013-05-15
Such a rare ocassion to see a bloom on my water lotus plants! But
  • By beckygardener
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Date: 2012-07-22
  • By RobertB
Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2010-08-27
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Known also as Indian Lotus, Bean
  • By Nick_Kurzenko
Photo by SongofJoy
  • By SongofJoy

Photo credit: Basile Morin
  • By robertduval14

Date: c. 1885
photograph from 'The Garden', 1885
  • By scvirginia
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: May 2012
  • By Dutchlady1
Photo by sedumzz
  • By sedumzz
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-05-11
I grow 2 of these Lotus in medium sized water pots! They require
  • By beckygardener
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, IL
Date: 2018-08-23
mass in a lake
  • By ILPARW
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Date: 2012-07-22
Lotus
  • By RobertB

photo credit: H. Zell
  • By robertduval14
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
credit: Prenn
  • By robertduval14
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: July 2012
  • By Dutchlady1
Photo by sedumzz
  • By sedumzz
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Date: 2012-07-22
Lotus Seed Head with seeds
  • By RobertB
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-17
  • By bonitin
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-02-02
"Hook" stage
  • By TexasPlumeria87
Location: Parque do Museu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2015-02-07
  • By bonitin
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-03-04
First leaf to unroll
  • By TexasPlumeria87
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: July 2012
bloom with bud behind it, leaves below.
  • By Dutchlady1
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Date: 2017-09-10
  • By RuuddeBlock
Location: Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan
Date: 2011-08-05
Photo courtesy of: tmizo
  • By admin
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-01-28
Scarified seeds soaking in water.
  • By TexasPlumeria87
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-02-01
  • By TexasPlumeria87
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-03
beauty and the beast
  • By plantrob
Photo by sedumzz
  • By sedumzz
Location: Humber Nurseries  Ontario Canada
Date: 2017    summer
Nelumbo nucifera	  Blooms before flower opes
  • By Permastake
Photo by sedumzz
  • By sedumzz
Location: The Botanical Garden of Helsinki University
Date: 2008-09-06
The picture was made at about 2 p.m. local time.
  • By yurikashtanov
Location: The Botanical Garden of Helsinki University
Date: 2008-09-06
The pic was made on a sunny day at the begining of September.
  • By yurikashtanov
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Date: 2012-07-22
Lotus
  • By RobertB
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-17
  • By bonitin
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-03-09
  • By bonitin
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2015-02-07
  • By bonitin
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-12-12
  • By bonitin
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-02-23
Folded leaf
  • By TexasPlumeria87
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-03-06
Floater aka "coin" leaf
  • By TexasPlumeria87

Date: October
Photo: Joydeep / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • By robertduval14
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
  • By sedumzz
Photo by sedumzz
  • By sedumzz
Location: Denver Botanic Gardens
Date: 2020-07-08
  • By thegardendeva
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