Biggest lotus in my aquarium

[Ashok]

The lotuses in my aquarium flower a couple of times a year. This time one of them sent up the biggest, most beautiful one yet.

[EngineChauffer]

Very nice. Pretty flower!

[somewhatshocked]

That's beautiful and looks gigantic. Got any shots of it with something beside it as a size comparison?

[Ashok]

It's not big compared to the pond lotuses, in fact it's small compared to those. It's just the biggest one I've seen in my tank.

I will take a shot with something to indicate it's scale tonight when it opens again. It closes completely into a bud during the day and opens in the night.

[OVT]

Sweet. What lotus is that? Thx

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[Ashok]

Here's a shot of it in the process opening for the evening.

It is surprisingly fast to open and close.

[Ashok]

Originally Posted by OVT

Sweet. What lotus is that? Thx

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I don't know

The leaves are green, it is not the red tiger I have in the tank. It's not the mottled green lotus plant in my tank either. Just realized I seem to have 3 different kinds of lotuses. Either that or they are in different stages of development.

[OVT]

Um, it does not look like a red tiger lotus flower I had, which was night blooming also. But then I understand that there are many lotus types.

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[Neevie]

I don't know what kind it is either, but it is very pretty

[Ashok]

Here it is with a quarter next to it for size.

It is changing every day. The center part with stamen and stigma haven't fully opened yet.

[shift]

Very nice, Do you have a pic of the full plant ? (root base and all)

[Ashok]

Will try to get a full size pic tomorrow. I had to trim most of it's leafs as it was taking over the tank and cutting off light to all other plants. It looks pretty terrible right now. Except for it's flower :-)

I discovered the flower stalk (it hadn't reached the surface yet) by accident while trimming the rest of it's leaf stalks. If I had known it was flowering I would have left it alone.

[somewhatshocked]

Wow! Still much larger than I imagined. Thank you for sharing.

Originally Posted by Ashok

Here it is with a quarter next to it for size.

It is changing every day. The center part with stamen and stigma haven't fully opened yet.

[jemminnifener]

That's beautiful! What size tank is that in?

[Ashok]

Thanks, it's a 29 gallon.

It's really not enough space for the plant unfortunately. Anything less than a small pond probably won't be.