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Thursday 21 January 2016

FFF218 - NATIVE BLUE WATERLILY

Nymphaea violacea, also known as blue lily, is a waterlily in the family Nymphaeaceae and is native to Australia. It is found particularly in the Kimberleys and in northern parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The waterlily is a bush tucker of the Aborigines in northern Australia. The tuber, stem, flowers and seeds are all edible.

Nymphaea violacea is a floating perennial herb growing from a rhizome in the mud of the pond base. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped to circular with a split at the base to the point of the stalk attachment, 6-29 cm x 7-23 cm, dark green above, purplish or paler green beneath, smooth. The leaf margins are wavy but not toothed. The flowers are violet, blue or white.

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23 comments:

  1. Wonderful Colour, wonderful Bloom.

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  2. Pure beauty!
    Greetings from German winter

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  3. Up till now I've only seen water lilies at one place: Balboa Park in San Diego!

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  4. Gorgeous water lily and you have captured it beautifully. Thank you for hosting!

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  5. Very pretty petals! I would have never guessed it was edible.

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  6. What an attractive Waterlily !. The colors are uniquely beautiful.
    From wintry Germany greetings to you.

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  7. I've never seen a water lily in this colour before - it looks so nice!
    Have a happy weekend .. Frauke

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  8. I love waterlilies!! Stunning colour too!

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  9. what a gorgeous waterlily! and it is amazing that the whole plant is edible!

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  10. What a glorious coloured beauty and you have captured it to perfection. I can't remember seeing one when we lived in and travelled around the Top End.

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  11. What a glorious coloured beauty and you have captured it to perfection. I can't remember seeing one when we lived in and travelled around the Top End.

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  12. Hi Nick!
    I'll be back!
    A beautiful, but unusual color for a water lily!
    Well, how close you can zoom. They are often on lakes too far away.


    Best regards

    Anne

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  13. What a unique color. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Lovely! Such a delicate color!

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  15. I absolutely love water lilies and this one is gorgeous!

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  16. blubb blubb blubb.. what a wonderfull beauty!!

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  17. I've never seen a blue water lily - it's fabulous!

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  18. Love the Waterlily! Thank you for hosting!

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  19. What a gorgeous beauty, very well done Nick!

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  20. Wonderful closeup. Thank you very much for hosting. Have a good day!

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