Water Lily? (Pleasanton, CA, USA) (1 Viewer)

CalvinFold

Well-known member

• Jul 6, 2015

• #1

Knowing less about plants than I do birds, querying the plant experts for an ID on this pretty white flower floating in a sea of green on a slow-moving waterway/lake.

 

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Larry Lade

Moderator

• Jul 6, 2015

• #2

I would say it is a Lotus Flower (also referred to as water lily sometimes).

see here

http://search.tb.ask.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?searchfor=lotus+flower+images&ts=1436217723540&p2=^UX^xdm423^YYA^us&n=780d1404&ss=sub&st=tab&ptb=EE2A345A-06AA-4600-8F76-41770A78B76F&si=49588_MAPDRIVE-DIRECTIONS-MAPS-main&tpr=sug

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jul 6, 2015

• #3

Definitely a Water-lily (Nymphaea sp.), and not a Lotus (Nelumbo sp.)!

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Jul 15, 2015

• #4

PS. Lotus is a name that gets mixed up and used for non-lotus species all the time, the true lotus are Nelumbo which this isn't.