Nymphaea ‘Wanvisa’ – Medium Water Lily

Description

A very unique lily found by Dr. N. Nopchai Chansilpa in Thailand. It was growing in a pond of ‘Joey Tomocik’ and was almost thrown out! The prominent streaks of cream that occur throughout the flower are striking, but even without that streaking this would be considered a great lily – it’s the deepest colored of all the peach lilies. Some growers are using ‘Wanvisa’ as a parent to create new varieties and the streaking has been genetically stable. Look for new varieties of mottled water lilies in other colors in the coming years. The foliage of ‘Wanvisa’ is also quite ornamental – dark green leaves, heavily mottled in purple to the point that they could actually be described as dark purple leaves lightly mottled in dark green!