Unknown plat/seed

[Wesley]

I was give some plant seed some time and have only just now been able to get around to taking pics and the such. The person told me that they got the seed from someone when they went to New York. I don't know if the plant is native or not. Anway here are the pics.

Pics

 

[*Barracuda_45*]

Hey Wesley, i cant get the link to show me any plant pics, as all i get is the main page of Webshots.

 

[Wesley]

hmm, let me see if I can get that fixed. Try this one. If it doesn't work, the individual links will be listed below.

Pics

Pic 1

Pic 2

 

[Copper]

It still won't let you see the pics

 

[Wesley]

oh yea, I delted them and forgot to move them to a better place....

 

[Wesley]

Ok last try

 

[Rob-Rah]

The second pic is Nelumbo nucifera (sacred lotus) or maybe Nelumbo lutea.

 

[Wesley]

Thanks. You wouldn't happen to know anything about trying to grow one of these things would you?

 

[Glenn]

It depends if it is a native lotus or a tropical lotus.

If you search on line you should be able to find info on getting the seeds to grow. What you do after that depends on wether its tropical or not.

I have tried to grow native lotus as a container plant, overwintering indoors after dormancy sets in but have not been very successful. I think it's best to plant them in a perminant pond. Maybe someone else has had better luck.

I too have seed but have not tried to germinate then yet.

Good luck.

Glenn