lotus

[Oldhead]

My lotus is gonna bloom:banana:

 

[koiguy1969]

awesome........and a double at that

 

[stroppy]

coooo make sure you get a photo when its open ....... much niceer than frogs !! :biggrin:

 

[stroppy]

ps if anyone here in the uk knows where you can buy plants i would love to know ? :0)

 

[Oldhead]

I sure will stroppy. I'm hoping they bloom this week while i'm on vacation so i can pick different times to take pictures due to lighting

 

[DrCase]

You got a happy plant
I,m still waiting for a bloom:frown:

 

[chilligirl]

very cool!

Slightly OT, but where do y'all get lotus? I looked and looked and looked this spring and summer, and none of the garden/pond shops sell lotus. I asked, and they all say that they're too expensive and too hard to propagate, which is why they don't sell them.

I've considered online, but it seems they sell and ship them as just a tuber, and I'm still really new at the whole plant thing...plus they're always sold out.

 

[Oldhead]

this is the 1st year that the garden center had them. She wanted to see how it went. I payed 40 dollars for mine. I hope i don't kill it this winter

 

[DrDave]

How deep is the water where you put it?

 

[DrCase]

I got a cutting from the meter reader girl last year ,its doing good but no bloom :nono:

 

[Oldhead]

How deep is the water where you put it?

its on a 12" deep shelf. but i've read shallower is better. The tub its in is around 18x13 and 5" high. I've also read to keep them in a round container

 

[DrDave]

I would be interested in how a cutting works with these. I am not familiar at all with them other than I saw millions of them in China and they were all huge.

 

[Oldhead]

This plant must really be happy. Its sprouting a 3rd flower shoot and the other 2 haven't even bloomed yet.