yes! I bought a dried lotus arrangement for 50% off. ($3.99) all together I got 42 seeds!! I only sprouted a few since they are such large plants but I sprouted four within 5 days of soaking and they all are growing very quickly they have about seven floating leaves now and should be getting aerials any day now. I started them at the very end of march beginning of april! here's my blog on it if you want to check it out. i'm no expert and i havent updated for a little bit but its got some really good info:) good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: lotus blog

thanks so much for the tip! I ran over to my Hobby Lobby, the dried Lotus bunch was $3.50 and only 2 left. Maybe someone else read your post too :)

I did not count the seeds but likely I got around 40 also. I am notching 3 to start.... Love your blog post too!!

glad to have helped! starting with a small number is good bc they take up a lot of room! lol. good luck!!

Thank you