This one is a ‘water lily’!

I titled a previous post “Water Lily” — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-09-16 — except that it wasn't: it was a “lotus” (which is from a different family altogether). If you're a "puh-TAY-toe/puh-TAH-toe" person, then I suppose this doesn't matter, but part of my fascination with the botanical world over the last few years has been the variety of flora and how they are different (the purpose of differences often having to do with *surviving*).

This is Nymphaea rustica 'Indiana', a particular cultivar or hybrid of “water lily.”
» Species page at DavesGarden, http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50577/
» Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Nymphaea_rustica&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“My education continues…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-06-26
2 years ago (“I found Cousin Itt!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-06-26
3 years ago (“Mommy, are these butterflies mad at each other?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-26
4 years ago (“Hey, how’s it goin’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-26

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