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First Cousins of the Water-LiliesVictoria species and varietiesHow the Lotus GrowsCultivation>Available Lotus VarietiesGenus Nuphar-SpatterdockNuphar Lotus Varieties
N. album grandiflorum-Also known as Asiatic Lotus and sometimes listed as N. album floribundum. Generally considered to be the finest white lotus variety. Huge leaves of deep green. Blooms, a foot or more in diameter, have a strange, delicate fragrance. A popular commercial variety. striatum-Hybrid obtained from the N. album grandiflorum, and a very good one. Vigorous grower with fragrant white blooms, streaked at the tips with carmine. Excellent for cutting. Commercially available. N. album plenum-Known commercially as Shiroman. Japanese variety With huge double flowers, creamy white lightly brushed with green on opening, becoming pure white a day or two later. Fragrant and profuse. Hold up well when cut. Plentiful.  Mrs. C. W. Ward . A pretty and spectacular water-lily, very popular for the size of its blooms-often 10 and 12 inches across-for its very pretty form and its dependability. Quite similar in shape to the Blue Beauty, and the two are often planted together.GROSSHERZOG ERNST LUDWIG -Beautiful hybrid obtained by crossing -N.luteum var. flavescens and Osiris. Bears huge blooms of rich, deep pink, with a striking contrast of bright-yellow stamens and light-green ovaries. Exudes a powerful and pleasant fragrance. Foliage of classic form, a powdery blue-green. Fairly easy to procure. N. japonica rubra-Fast-growing form with tremendous, open, double flowers, sometimes 15 inches across. Blooms are white, with a heavy, rosy blush. Bluish-green foliage, covered with a fine nap and very handsome. A few dealers have it. Kermesiana- Japanese variety with outstanding carmine-rose blooms which are of a unique satiny texture. Huge leaves and blooms produced in great profusion. A few dealers have it. KINSHIREN -A profuse, free-flowering Japanese variety with huge white flowers lightly brushed with pink. Available.N. luteum-Also called Water Chinquapin, Duck Acorn, American Lotus. North American species from southern Canada and eastern and central areas of the United States. Leaves, 1 to 2 feet wide, held 2 to 3 feet above the water. Fragrant sulfur-yellow blooms range from 4 to 10 inches in diameter. Requires 5 to 6 years to become well established in a wild setting, and it does not produce a full quota of blooms until that time. Quite plentiful. Missouri. The 12 to 14-inch blooms which this water-lily attains if given the space make it the largest of the night-blooming tropicals. Under moonlight, one of the world's most beautiful flowers. flavescens-Marliac. Differs from the parent species in two ways: Leaves are marked in the center with conspicuous spots of red; blooms are smaller and borne much more profusely. Fairly plentiful. N. pekinense rubrum-Also known as Chinese Lotus (Plate 30). Darker than any other lotus, fairly large blooms, bright rose-carmine and very fragrant. The plant produces flowers and foliage in profusion. Available. floraplenum-A hybrid identical to parent except that it is double. Fairly rare in the United States. N. roseum plenum-Also known as Double Dawn. Huge, globular flower of rich pink, very double, and borne freely. A robust plant that often attracts more attention than any other blooming in our ponds. Plentiful. N. speciosum-Probably the best-known species, and known variously as Egyptian Lotus, Sacred Egyptian Lotus, Sacred Lotus of the Nile (although not a native of Egypt, but of India), and Hindu Lotus. Distributed freely in a wild state in India, the Philippine Islands, Japan, and the northern section of Australia. Leaves, bluish-green on the surface and pale silvery green underneath, held well up from the water. Blooms, with a delicate, haunting scent, borne profusely, grow to 12inch widths. Deep rose on opening, becoming paler with age. By the end of the third day the petals are creamy white, with a rosy-pink blush at edges. Plentiful. OSIRIS -Strong-growing, free-flowering variety introduced by Marliac. Cup-shaped blooms, 8 to 10 inches across, of deep pink. Bluish-green foliage. Plentiful.
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