Blue Waterlily (Nymphaea gigantea)
Nymphaea gigantea, a tropical water lily from Northern Australia, produces large blue or purplish flowers up to 25cm across, opening daily. Its broad, round leaves float.
Above information is sourced from Wikipedia
Image Gallery
Flowering & Fruiting Cycles
Monthly activity intensity for bloom and fruit across both hemispheres.
Northern hemisphere
Flowering & fruiting calendar
FloweringFruiting
Southern hemisphere
Flowering & fruiting calendar
FloweringFruiting
Synonyms
Castalia gigantea (Hook.) Britten
Leuconymphaea gigantea (Hook.) Kuntze
Victoria fitzroyana Loudon
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderNymphaeales
- familyNymphaeaceae
- genusNymphaea
- speciesNymphaea gigantea