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Love those lotus leaves!

moonie_57 (8 NC)

12 years ago

About six weeks ago I sprouted some seed from craft store lotus pods and have been surprised at how well they have done. A couple leaves are about as big as the seat of a kitchen table chair. This afternoon, as it rained, the lotus leaves would fill with water, then get heavy and dump it's load. I enjoyed watching it. Flowers would be a plus. Now, I'll have to search how best to overwinter.

A question... is there one particular variety of lotus that is used for the craft store dried pods? It would be nice to have some idea of the variety.

Comments (2)

pondmaninal
12 years ago
With the description of the leaf, I would say that they used a Sacred Lotus which has big pink blooms. Either that or another fairly large lotus. They pretty much use whatever the supplier has. I gathered fresh seeds from the American Lotus when I lived in Florida. They sprouted pretty quick.
moonie_57 (8 NC)
Original Author
12 years ago
Hopefully we'll find out next year. I'll not hold out hope for flowers this year. :)

I would grow these just for the foliage alone. Now that it quite raining, the one leaf that had been holding water is now tilted. Water will just run off now. Darn, I really enjoyed watching it fill and dump.
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