I am in Houston, so that should explain this, but I got my first lotus
flower that opened today! The plant was in the pot since last year and I got
about five blooms that first year but not until about July. It is a
dwarf.....I will have to divide it this year I am certain. I will try to
post some new pictures of it tomorrow on my webshots site.

Lisa

I am in Houston, we had a mild winter this year. My lotus already bloomed,
though I didnt get many blooms, only two. I thought that was odd and maybe
I overfertilized or somethng?

"kathy" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have a divide from jan, in a 20 gallon
tub on the deck.
I've put a bubbler. And I did have a lot
of anacharis in there with it.

It have about five little pads up, arial.
The first one got crispy, must have sunburned
as we had a week of very warm temps, into
the 90s, broke a record.

Then I think our neighbor cat, Hobo The Brave,
got into it. The tuber was broken (has recovered)
and the little fish I put in on fertilizer duty
vanished. Took the anacharis out (no need to
filter the water) but left the bubbler in.

kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:22:55 GMT, "Our Family" wrote:

I am in Houston, we had a mild winter this year. My lotus already bloomed,
though I didnt get many blooms, only two. I thought that was odd and maybe
I overfertilized or somethng?

I haven't had a lot of experience with lotus, but mine is acting oddly,
imo. It hasn't even sent up an aerial, just a few floater pads. I fed it a
few days ago and now one has a bud on it. Seems I'd get more pads, aerials,
before buds. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"Our Family" wrote in message
...
I am in Houston, we had a mild winter this year. My lotus already
bloomed,
though I didnt get many blooms, only two. I thought that was odd and
maybe
I overfertilized or somethng?
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Mine is loaded with large healthy aerial leaves but no flowers yet.
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EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
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This thread just appeared - otherwise I would surely have answered
sooner. The lotus garden is full of blossoms and buds. It was early
to bloom this year for some unknown reason. I didn't divide this year
and haven't fed them anything other than the fish pond water.
I'll get some pictures up on webshots - sometime. I don't have any new
lotuses.
Just offspring of the originals.

Lotus Garden:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Nedra from Missouri
Zone 6

I have several 2005 pictures of the lotus garden uploaded.

I'll repeat the Lotus garden website:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Nedra

Amazing the growth, mine are still coming out of dividing shock I guess.
Though one has a bud up, silly thing, should have put some energy into more
pads first. ;-) ~ jan


On 23 Jun 2005 21:53:59 -0700, "Nedra" wrote:

I have several 2005 pictures of the lotus garden uploaded.

I'll repeat the Lotus garden website:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Nedra

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Nedra wrote:

I have several 2005 pictures of the lotus garden uploaded.

I'll repeat the Lotus garden website:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Nedra



WOW!!!! Very Nice!!!! :-)
Will those grow in zone 5 (Colorado)? I have not seen anything like
that in my area at all!
Way to grow! :-)
W. Dale

Hi Nedra - nice to see you back - haven't seen you in a while on here
Gale :~)
"Nedra" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have several 2005 pictures of the lotus garden uploaded.

I'll repeat the Lotus garden website:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Nedra

Hi there Dale,
Why I know these lotus will grow in zone 5... only inhibiting factor
would be the lack of humidity in Colorado. And that is only thing I can
think of that would hold back the blooms.

Thanks for the compliment!

Nedra in Missouri
zone 6