Nymphaea × daubenyana is an exquisite aquatic plant that brings a touch of elegance to ponds and water gardens. This natural hybrid, originating from the cross between Nymphaea micrantha and Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea, is notable for its vibrant blue flowers and unique vegetative characteristics.
Key Features:
- Vibrant Blue Flowers: The star-shaped flowers of Nymphaea × daubenyana are a striking blue, measuring about 10 cm in diameter. The petals are narrow with an acute apex, and the flowers emit a pleasant fragrance, making them a delightful addition to any water garden.
- Distinctive Foliage: The leaves are cordate to elliptical-roundish, up to 30 cm wide, with a bright green adaxial surface marked by red, and a pale brownish-red abaxial surface. These leaves provide a lush, green backdrop that highlights the vibrant flowers.
- Tuberous Rhizome: This water lily grows from a tuberous rhizome, which helps it anchor firmly in the pond substrate.
Optimal Conditions:
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun to partial shade, requiring at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily to thrive.
- Water Depth: Best planted at a depth of 12 to 36 inches in still or slow-moving water.
- Soil Type: Thrives in heavy clay or loam soils, typically planted in containers submerged in the pond for best results.
Benefits:
- Aesthetic Appeal: Enhances the visual appeal of any pond with its vibrant blue flowers and lush green foliage.
- Wildlife Attraction: Attracts beneficial wildlife such as bees and dragonflies, contributing to a healthy pond ecosystem.
- Cold Tolerance: Despite being a tropical water lily, Nymphaea × daubenyana is relatively cold-tolerant, making it suitable for a variety of climates.
Care and Maintenance:
- Fertilization: Regular fertilization during the growing season with aquatic plant fertilizer promotes healthy growth and abundant blooming.
- Pruning: Remove yellowing leaves and spent flowers to encourage new growth and maintain plant health.
- Winter Care: In cooler climates, it is best to lift the plant and store it in a warm, frost-free area until spring.
Reproduction:
- Vegetative Reproduction: This water lily reproduces through foliar proliferation, where new plantlets develop on the leaf blade above the attachment point of the petiole. Once the leaf detaches, the plantlets develop fully.
Conclusion:
Nymphaea × daubenyana is a stunning and resilient water lily that brings vibrant color and elegance to any pond or water garden. Its beautiful blue flowers, distinctive foliage, and relative cold tolerance make it an excellent choice for enhancing your aquatic landscape. Add the enchanting Nymphaea × daubenyana to your pond today and enjoy the continuous beauty it brings to your water garden environment.
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR WATER LILY
There are two main types of water lilies, tropical and hardy. The differences between tropical and hardy water lilies are a growing habit. Tropical water lilies don't do well in winter. Hardy water lilies, on the other hand, can tolerate the cold. Tropical water lilies tubers must be removed from the pond and stored in moist conditions to come back in the future years. In warm climates, they can remain in the pond.
Handling time for Live Plants orders:
Live plants are shipped from Monday - Saturday if you choose United States Postal Services (USPS): Most plant-only orders can ship out within 1-3 business days excluded out-of-stock, pre-order, or backorder products.
UPS 2-Days and UPS Overnight only ship from Monday-Wednesday to ensure they arrived in the same week. Please be mindful we also have 1-2 business days handling time, so please placed your order on or before Tuesday, the cut off time is 6:00 AM Pacific Time (PT)
Handling time for Live Animals orders:
Live Animals are shipped from Monday - Wednesday: Live Animals orders take longer to ship. We only ship Live Animals orders when they can be delivered within the week so they don't spend an extra day in transit on the weekend.
Handling time for Live Animals ranges from 1-5 business days depending on the weather and health of the livestock. We will email tracking information when the order is shipped.
Free Shipping: We offer Free Shipping on eligible orders.
- Free Shipping will take 2-5 days to reach you
- If your orders included Live Plants & Live Animals. We will combine the shipment and you will see the flat rate shipping cost at checkout
- Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands customers are not qualified for the Free Shipping program. Please upgrade to Expedited or Express Mail for faster delivery.
Delayed Parcels: Sometimes your packages may take longer than normal to arrive with U.S. Postal Service or our chosen courier. We are legally obliged to wait 15 working days (3 weeks) for a package to be considered lost. See U.S. Postal Service website for further detail.
- We cannot be held responsible for any delay caused by U.S. Postal Service but if your packages were lost by the courier service, we will issue a replacement by 50/50, which means we pay 50% and the customers pay 50% plus shipping for the replacement orders.
- Please always keep your shipping address up-to-date! ( Debit and Credit Card, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Shopify Pay, Ali Pay, and other payment processing services )
- Any shipment being refused or shipped back to us by providing a wrong address or other reasons will not be refundable.
Cancellations: We understand sometimes thing goes out of control.
- Please contact us ASAP if you want to cancel your orders. Orders only might be canceled if they are not being shipped by shipping couriers.
Return Policy: All sales are final
- We do not accept returns or exchanges for Live Plants and Live Animals
WHAT WE GUARANTEE
24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours. Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.
- Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com
- Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.
Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.
It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.
Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.
WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE
Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.
However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.
- Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
- We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
- We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
- Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.
Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.
Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.
Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.
Customer Reviews
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The tuber looks very healthy. I have grown it for 2 weeks and not it generates many new leaves. Very healthy, and I look forward to seeing its flower!
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I received my nymphaea daubenyana plant and everything was well packed. In 3 days my plant put out 4 new leaves. I'm very happy.
This is a very professional and quality business.
Well recommended Thank You so much.
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Very beautiful water lily with great growth and lovely flowers that appear often. I love how well this lily does in my small container water garden that I have on my patio. It fills the container easily and I love how the flowers sit above the water. When one flower is done, another is quickly coming up to take it's place. Plant arrived packed very well and it started growing for me in no time at all. Great company to work with and will definitely buy from again. The water lilies are amazing and I love the wide range of lilies that are available. Price is great too.
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