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Wordless Wednesday: Midnight Water Lily

by Jacqueline D'Elia on October 7, 2009 · 11 comments

in Flowers in my Garden,Water Lilies

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Jacqueline D'Elia  Freelance garden writer, photographer, wordpress blog designer, and computer geek. Earned a BS in Horticulture at Texas A&M. She gardens in Houston Texas and enjoys growing organic food in her raised bed garden. You can follow her garden antics on Twitter @JDElia.

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1 Little Wing October 7, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Beautiful! Gorgeous colors.

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2 Grace October 7, 2009 at 5:18 pm

Hi Jackie, Beautiful waterlily and wonderful blog.

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3 Linda/patchwork October 7, 2009 at 7:15 pm

What a beautiful color water lily.

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4 Miss Daisy October 7, 2009 at 9:29 pm

You’ve got the best photos showing the transition in blooms. Very beautiful. It needed no words.

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5 Snowcatcher October 7, 2009 at 10:16 pm

Beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing!

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6 Scott October 8, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Love that purple!!
Scott

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7 Gail October 8, 2009 at 2:27 pm

So lovely! Just the softest lilacs. Your last photo is beautifully composed! I am off to get a stock tank….maybe some day I will have a beauty like this one! Thanks for sharing it with us. gail

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8 Autumn Belle October 8, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Wow, that’s is so so beautiful! But why do you call it the midnight water lily?

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9 Jacqueline D'Elia October 8, 2009 at 10:24 pm

That is it botanical name Nymphae ‘Midnight’.

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10 Kiki October 9, 2009 at 12:56 am

What a beautiful post! Stellar photos..super gorgeous! Great job!

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11 james missier October 14, 2009 at 3:02 am

Do they actually bloom at midnight? Mine blooms only where there is a sunlight shining directly on it & closes when the light gets lesser.

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