Hello again
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I would like to show you my giant waterlilies. This was my first attempt to grow them, and i succeeded!
I would like to say my thanks to Alberto Grossi who gave me a little help in getting the seeds.
Yes, these huge plants were a pea sized seed 7 months ago!!
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I wish i could grow them bigger, but they really take a lot of space, and the watertank doesnt allow me
to get them any bigger!
This is Victoria waterlily:
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![](http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o38/Jindegales/CpsEndemicsAquaticsAUG2008/Victoria2.jpg)
It had bloomed twice, but it's a night blooming plant, and i unfortunately do not have flash in my camera to take a decent picture. The flower only lasts for 2 nights, on the forst night it's pure white and scented, on the second, its reddish-pink and scentless.
This one with purple on the underside of the leaf is Euryale ferox, the gorgon plant. And it is very feroucious, i have hurt myself a couple of times on those sharp spines like blades. Even the top of the leaves have spines!
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Michael