Nymphaea ondinea Images

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Species of Ondinea
(species as recognized by GRIN)
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Based on:

Int. J. Plant Sci. 168(5):639–671. 2007.
© 2007 by The University of Chicago

PHYLOGENY OF NYMPHAEA (NYMPHAEACEAE): EVIDENCE FROM SUBSTITUTIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE CHLOROPLAST trnT-trnF REGION

Thomas Borsch, 1,* Khidir W. Hilu, 2, John H. Wiersema, 3, Cornelia Löhne,* Wilhelm Barthlott,* and Volker Wilde§
*Nees-Institut für Biodiversita¨t der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany; 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, U.S.A.; 3 USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Building 011A, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, U.S.A.; and §Sektion Paläobotanik, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ondinea is now grouped with Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya.

Based on:

Ondinea is transferred to Nymphaea.and = Nymphaea ondinea subsp. ondinea
Ondinea subsp. petaloidea = Nymphaea ondinea subsp. petaloidea

Nymphaea ondinea subsp. ondinea (Formerly Ondinia purpurea	Dave Wilson Photo	Dave Wilson Photo	Dave Wilson Photo
	Dave Wilson Photo	Dave Wilson Photo	Dave Wilson Photo

Field notes and photos by Dave Wilson Click images to enlarge

	Nymphaea ondinea subsp. purpurea is a small member of the waterlily family Nymphaeaceae that grows, among other places, in shallow creeks of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The creeks where I have seen this plant are small and clear, flowing out of sandstone country with very soft warm water, hardness less than 10 ppm, carbonate hardness less than 10 ppm, pH between 4 and 7 and temperature 27 degrees C. The substrate is mostly white silicon sand with plenty of organic matter and some charcoal from frequent dry season fires. It forms a bulb that is about 2.5 cm long, leaves that are approx 25 cm long, mostly submerged but with the occasional small floating leaf.

The temperature mentioned above is a dry season temperature (winter) so it probably doesn't get much cooler than 27 deg C. I have been in the Kimberley in a shady station homestead where the temperature in the shade was 46 degrees C (about 115 degrees F) during April which is not the warmest month. The water that I am growing them in at the moment is, temperature 32 deg C, pH 6.8, alkalinity 60 ppm, hardness 50 ppm. The substrate is 50/50 sand and peat.

Nymphaea ondinea
subsp. petaloidea
(Formerly Ondinea purpurea subsp. petaloidea)

Ed Schneider Photo

Waterlily Family Tree