[Assam] Another Picture

[Chan Mahanta]

Thanks Ram.

They do. And guess what? There is a native variety as well that grows 
wild in the south. It is yellow and is called Nelumbium lutea.

We are hoping to get our best lot of lotuses yet this year.  We have 
this large pink one ( about 10" ) in diameter when fully open, 
already had a miniature pink ( about 5" in diameter), a hybrid Giant 
Sunburst ( light yellow that turns whitish the next day) is setting 
buds, three of them I see, again about 10" in diameter.

You can grow them in Texas in an old wooden barrel that you can buy 
in garden stores. Or you can use one of those black PVC containers, 
2' to 3' in diameter. All you need to do is maintain a minimum of  3" 
water cover at all times.  If you are away from home a lot, you can 
hook it up to a $ 25 battery operated timer  with minute durations to 
a garden hose, set it to run for a minute every two or three days, 
and you are ready for lotus in your own front or back yard. The 
largest discount lotus bulb stores are right there in Texas. You can 
mail order them early in  spring for less than $ 30 per bulb, for the 
most common varieties.  The most exquisite ones can run as high as $ 
60 for a bulb. A 3' dia container would hold only one plant, and will 
bloom for several years, as long as you don't let it freeze ( store 
it in the garage in the coldest part of winter in a damp state).

Caution for those who might want to place them in a pond. Lotuses are 
the most invasive water plants I know of. Much worse than even 
water-hyacinth. They will completely take over a 1/4 acre pond in two 
to three years. Always plant them in an un-perforated plastic 
container, 15" to 24" in diameter X 12" deep, designed just for 
lotuses and cut off the overshooting runners every year.









At 8:23 AM -0600 6/30/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>That was just gorgeous, C'da. Didn't know the lotus could bloom in the US.
>
>--Ram
>
>
>On 6/30/07, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>Good Morning Everybody,
>
>Just went outside to our little pond and shot the attached image of
>the first lotus of the season under an overcast sky. Since most of us
>have a soft spot for this gorgeous, sensuous flower, I thought I
>would share.
>
>cm
>
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