HOT...makes me think of YELLOW!!!!
I'll bet Connie lit it up back in the day!!!
LOUD...makes me think of NEON YELLOW!!!!
PROUD...makes me think of YELLOW...
like a bright yellow Lamborghini
Diablo VT 6.0 on Palm Beach...
that's PROUD!!!
So, obviously, I HAD to report on my
HOT! LOUD! and PROUD! Yellow Lily Pads.
Yes, I'm blessed to have these tropical hotties
on my very own pond.
OUTSTANDING...don't you think?!?!
The pretty bulbous bloom is the product of the Spatterdock plant, Nuphar Luteum or the Yellow Pond Lily.
I've never seen this bloom completely open up on my pond.
However, this link shows an open flower.
This is what a spent bloom looks like.
Spatterdock is a native water lily
that grows in fresh water ponds, lakes, slow streams and canals.
The thick leaves grow up to 12" across and can be round
or heart shaped (mine are heart shaped which makes them even HOTTER!).
The leaves float on the waters surface until the water level drops
due to tide or dry periods when they reach up past the waters surface.
The long stalks are attached to rhizomes deep underneath the underlying mud.
The large lily pads provide precious cover for aquatic animals including fish,
insects, frogs, snakes, salamanders, and crayfish from hungry predators.
Beaver and muskrats eat the rhizomes,
although these critters don't seem to inhabit my small watering hole.
The leaves provide the perfect spot for frogs and insects
to lay eggs and provide a welcoming resting place for waterfowl.
So if you'd like more HOT! LOUD! and PROUD!
blooms and foliage, head over to my friend Noel's blog,
He's ALWAYS got something HOT going on!!!
12 comments:
aloha kim,
very pretty, i haven't seen a yellow water lilly before, hope it opens up for you.
thanks again for the award you gave earlier, i'll get to it someday soon!
Yellow water Lilies... thats a new one for me. wow! Beautiful pictures! Love the way the leaves float on the water.
What a lovely pond you have, and such pretty lilies.
Oh, lovely water lilies, and fabulous heron shot too! We had a waterlily at our last house in the pond...right up until we had a duck. Ducks apparently think waterlilies are very tasty, and aren't too proud to mow them down!
Yellow Pond Lily: what an amazing flower! I'd never heard of it, thanks for sharing.
I've always been a big fan of lily pad flowers.
I love the yellow water lilies. I have a pink that I assume is fairly common (as I bought them from a bigbox garden center). The tennis shoes, um not so much.
Nostalgia with the Itsy bitsy...oh to be young...I do like the yellow water lily. It would be a little to vigorous in my small ponds.
Oh how fun, a pond with water lilies. The heart shaped leaves are different than other water lilies I've seen. Do you have big plans for that pond?
Kimberly: Wow, a pond with lily, that is my dream! Yellow lily is very pretty, looking forward to more pictures of them when they open.
Also, I want to tell you that I appreciate you passing the "Stylish blog award" to me. I have been very busy recently with work and kids' activities, and have not posted for almost two weeks now. I will pass it this time since I am really not good at talking about myself :) Really appreciate your mention though. thanks!
Happy spring!
I love ponds, and that yellow lily is beautiful!
Wow, beautiful yellow water lilies, i haven't seen that color! But that neon colored shoes is really lovely, though i might not be able to wear it, LOL.
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