The Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Daubenyana (correctly: Nymphaea x daubenyana W.T.Baxter ex Daubeny 1863) is considered as the first water lily hybrid ever. Nymphaea Daubenyana is a crossing between Nymphaea micrantha and Nymphaea caerulea (Blue Lotos), but it`s not clear, if the English botanist Charles Daubeny (1795-1867) crossed this hybrid, commonly called African Lotus water lily, deliberately or it happened incidentally. Flowers get a size up to about 25 cm in diameter. The colour of the flowers can vary from a light pastel blue to a nearly pure white.

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Image: Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Daubenyana

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