Nymphaea Pubescens: Pink Water Lily
After a long wait of one year my pink water lily in my balcony garden decided to bloom! Last time the plant gifted me a flower was on 8th September 2013. And I am very grateful to her!
Growing water lilies in tiny terracotta pools is quite a task. Daily a few hours of sunshine is a must I noticed and positioning it correctly helped. Now both my purple water lily and the pink variety have a competition for my attention and appreciation. Here is a short photo essay on pink water lilies.
Pink Water Lily in My Balcony Garden
The peculiarity of this variety is that it blooms in the evening and shuts down its petals early morning. The purple one stays open throughout the day shutting itself tight at night. Getting the deep pink color in my photographs was difficult and these are taken with flash.
It is slightly confusing whether it is the Nymphaea rubra (red) variety or the Nymphaea pubescens (pink) variety because the color of the petals indicates it is rubra but it doesn’t have purpulish leaves as it should have. The leaves are pure green so I will believe it is of the pubescens variety.
Close up picture of pink water lily.
A smiling pink water lily in my balcony garden. And once more I am tempted to take a hot steaming cup of tea, sit in my balcony and just gaze at it.
This I tried taking against the rising sun. (Please ignore the dark balcony grills in the back ground.)
Nymphaea Pubescens: Pink Water Lily
Look at the stamens, all pink and folded in namaste mudra!
Also see: Pink Water Lily of Thailand
Common name: Pink Water Lily, Pink Lotus
• Manipuri: Tharo angouba
• Tamil: VeLLAmbal
• Sanskrit: Kumuda
• Bengali: Shaluk
• Malayalam: Neerambal
• Kannada: Kannaidile
• Assamese: Nal
Botanical name: Nymphaea pubescens
Family: Nymphaeaceae (Waterlily family)
Synonyms: Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens, Nymphaea purpurea, Nymphaea esculenta
My entry for : I Heart Macro
Today’s Flowers.
Simply beautiful. You have them blooming in your balcony ….. wow! I love the pink shade too. Thanks for sharing ?
Stunningly beautiful!
I loved these… To be exact I adore them… Lucky you.. 🙂
This is lovely and I really never noticed the 'namaste mudra' before…daarun !
Lucky Indrani! What a way to start your day!
Lovely pictures 🙂
What a gorgeous capture !
Wow! wonderfully captured the Namaste Mudra of Shaluk 🙂
Hove lovely it would be to sit by these lovely gift of nature, with a cup of tea in hand, watching the world go by…
I love the colour!
Great that you have in in your balcony 🙂
Beautiful, Indrani. And you have this in your balcony? Wow, you must be having a lovely garden out there…
Wow, such a beautiful flower, even I would have been tempted to sit with a cuppa in my balcony if I had such a flower in my garden 🙂
wow lovely capture!!
Its beautiful. Some girls too have its name.
Beautiful 🙂
Lovely! So serene
i could gaze at it for hours and not get tired of it. what a nice foto.
Gorgeous and captivating flower ! Beautiful color !
What a gorgeous blossom! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
Love that first shot!!!
I can see why you would like to sit with a sup of tea and gaze at this lovely blossom!
Next time when I come to B'lore, I am coming there for a cup of tea. 🙂
I agree with Sara. It all works very nicely together. Lovely flower.
Waterlilies are so delicate and beautiful. It's to cold for this kind to bloom in Norway. I enjoy looking at yours:):)
This is a beautiful blossom. I can understand why you would want to sit on the balcony and simply enjoy it (and a cup of hot tea!).
Simply wow!
So beautiful indeed, Indrani!! And what a wonderful companion to share some time with — yes, I would do the same thing! Thanks for sharing!! Have a great new week!!
it is beautiful. wonderful for you!
I would do exactly the same. Can't get enough of these flowers…
Wunderschöne Blüten grossartige Fotografien liebe Indrani…
Umarmung und liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz, Hans-Peter
Lovely captures on the smiling Lilies! Wonderful angles
Flowers are very receptive and they are happy when they are loved – Mother, Auroville.
I can sense the happiness in flowers.
Regards
Rachit
Stunning blossom and I love the colour too.
I think the blurry dark railings in the top photo only add to the beauty. Lucky you to have such a flower at home!
I could gaze at those beautiful lilies for ages. Thanks for sharing them Indrani 🙂