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           Identification
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          Identification
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          3 - The First Paraguayan 
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        Victoria 'Discovery' |  
       
      
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        Victoria
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          Identification
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          First Night Opening - Slide
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        Euryale
        ferox   |  
       
      
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        Gallery of Antique
        Illustrations   |  
       
      
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        Victoria (Large & Small) Progress
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        Galleries by Photographer | 
         
       
      
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        KK Agrawal Gallery
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        Guillermo
        Angulo's Bathtub Victoria Galleries (Index)  |  
       
      
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          Bathtub
          Victoria | First
          Flower | The
          Bathtub Victoria Gets A New Home  
          The
          Second Life of Guillermo's Victoria | Victoria
          2002 
          The Third
          Life of Guillermo's Victoria   
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        Billy
        Bates & Steve Kennon's Gallery 2003  |  
       
      
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        Carla Black "Double"
        Victoria Pad |  
       
      
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        Carla Black & Angel Rodriguez, Panama Victoria
        First Night Opening Movie - 8M - Not recommended for dailup connections - Needs QuickTime Player Free Download  |  
       
      
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        Dave Brigante's
        Passion for Victoria, Growing them all in Tualatin, Oregon    |  
       
      
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        Mohd Helmi Daud Victoria
        amazonica in Malaysia - From Seed To Bloom |  
       
      
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        The Clyde Ikins Collection - Victoria
        & Euryale |  
       
      
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        Kit Knotts  |  
       
      
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          Victoria
          Triple - V. amazonica, V. 'Adventure', V. cruziana
          compared  
          Dissection
          of V. amazonica  
          Clash
          of the Titans V. amazonica and N. gigantea
          compete for space 
          2004 Victoria Galleries |
          2005 Victoria Portrait
          Galleries 
          2006 Victoria Galleries |
          2007 Victoria Galleries  
          Potpourri | Christmas Vics 2001
          | Reflection - Independence
          Day 2002  
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        Jay Lee Victoria
        Thrives In Korea 2005 |  
       
      
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        Rich Sacher
        Victorias  |  
       
      
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        Lily Summers
        Gallery 1 | Gallery
        2 | Gallery
        3  |  
       
      
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        Chas
        Summers Makes His Debut on a Victoria Pad  |  
       
      
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        Joe Summers Gallery
        of Victorias at Missouri Botanical Garden  |  
       
      
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        Alex Howerton
        Grows Up on Victoria Pads  |  
       
      
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        Galleries from Gardens | 
         
       
      
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        Atlanta Botanical
        Garden's 2005 Victorias - Photos by
        Sean Hoelscher |  
       
      
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        Victoria at
        the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh by Pat Clifford, Senior
        Horticulturist   |  
       
      
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        Victoria
        Images by Ian Walker 
        from Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia  |  
       
      
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        Victoria
        & Chihuly Glass at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew - by James Knock   |  
       
      
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        Images
        of La Rinconada, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and its
        World Record Victorias | Gallery 2 |  
       
      
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        A Closer Look at La Rinconada 
        Flowers
        | Buildings
        | Panoramic
        Views | Victoria
        Details | Baby
        Victorias |  
       
      
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        The Oregon
        Garden Silverton, Oregon, USA - More Than
        A Pretty Face! 
        Photos by Renee Stoops and The Oregon Garden |  
       
      
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        Tea
        Party With a Twist! at The Oregon Garden -
        Photos by Peter Marbach |  
       
      
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        Victoria &
        Euryale 2005 at Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, MO - Photos
        by Tim Dale  |  
       
      
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        Victoria
        2006 - White River Gardens at the Indianapolis Zoo - by Susan Micks  |  
       
      
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        Hortus
        Botanicus Amsterdam Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Victoria   | 
       
      
    Index
    to Articles 
     
     
     
     
    
      
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        How To Grow Victoria | 
         
       
      
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        Cultivation
        Guide  | 
         
       
      
        
        
          Page 1 - Storing
          Seeds, Starting Seeds, "Nicking" 
          Page 2 - Setup
          For Seedlings, Planting Seedlings 
          Page 3 - Floating
          Leaf Stage, Feeding Seedlings, Potting Larger 
          Page 4 - Final
          Planting, Nutrients, Potential Problems 
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        The Absolute Essentials
        For Victoria Seedling Survival |  
       
      
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        Weakly Weekly - Fertilizing
        Victoria |  
       
      
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        Sources For
        Ingredients In Our Victoria Nutrient "Cocktail"   |  
       
      
        
        The cOZtail The
        Australian equivalent of our Victoria nutrient cocktail 
        by Paul Noonan  |  
       
      
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        Our
        Initial Experiments With Peat |  
       
      
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        Peat Works  |  
       
      
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        Timetable Of Victoria
        Seedling Growth |  
       
      
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        Plant &
        Seed Selection |  
       
      
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        Obtaining Seeds |  
       
      
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        Our Process
        of Sending Out Victoria Seeds  |  
       
      
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        Plant Availability |  
       
      
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        "Nicking" Victoria
        Seeds Step By Step  |  
       
      
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        Details About Planting Seedlings  |  
       
      
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        Shipping &
        Receiving Victorias |  
       
      
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        Setup For Victoria Seed
        Sprouting & 2003 Every Other Day Germination Results  |  
       
      
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        Outdoor
        Setup For Victoria Seedlings |  
       
      
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        Boosting Baby Victorias To Bigger
        Pots Step By Step |  
       
      
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        Stalling Young Victorias |  
       
      
        
        A simple solution for preventing critters from eating your water
        plants -- 
        Cage 'Em! by
        Kit Knotts   |  
       
      
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        How to Make
        a Victoria Pen by Don Goodman, Kanapaha
        Botanical Gardens  |  
       
      
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        Journal of
        a New Victoria Addict by Alan Montour
        updated weekly |  
       
      
        
        
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          21 | Into
          The Pond | Finale 
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        Another Approach
        To Growing Seedlings Successfully By James Lim |  
       
      
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        KK Agrawal's
        Victoria Growth Experiments |  
       
      
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        Kit Knotts' Step by Step Repotting
        Victoria |  
       
      
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        Kit Knotts' Extending the
        Life of Victoria How to deal with overgrowth  |  
       
      
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        Comparison
        of Victoria Seedlings |  
       
      
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        Replenishing
        Water in an Aquarium by Chris Lindsey | 
         
       
      
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        Germination in
        vitro: future for the Victoria amazonica seeds?
        by Renata Mazzini | 
         
       
      
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        Producing Victoria Seeds
        by Kit Knotts  | 
         
       
      
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        Collecting
        Victoria Seeds by Kit Knotts | 
         
       
      
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        Moving
        American Aquatic Gardens' Victoria cruziana to a Winter
        Home 
        by Rich Sacher | 
         
       
      
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        Winterized Victorias
        with a clever alternative to the "cocktail" 
        by Enrique Bay-Schmith | 
         
       
      
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        The Caracas, Venezuela, Victoria Society | 
         
       
      
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          Its Birth 
          Gallery of
          Images 
          Gallery
          of El Toro 
          Starting
          The Seeds 
          Sonia's
          Bucket Babies 
          First
          Flowering of Sonia's Bucket Victoria 
          Expedition to Parque de la Exótica Flora Tropical 
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            El Balcon
            del Yaracuy | Pictures
            of the Travelers 
            Dorothy's
            Delicious Descriptions 
         
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        Our Adventure With Victoria Main
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        Directory
        of Botanical Gardens With Aquatics Displays | 
         
       
      
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        Botanical Garden Feature
        Articles  | 
         
       
      
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        Missouri Botanical
        Garden - IWGS Post-Symposium 2000  |  
       
      
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        Longwood Gardens
        2002 by Doug Kevis |  
       
      
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        Denver Botanic
        Gardens by Mike Thomas   |  
       
      
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        Kenilworth
        Aquatic Gardens by Stephyn Butcher |  
       
      
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        Berlin
        Botanical Gardens by Jamie Vande  |  
       
      
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        Surprising
        Staunton Country Park, England By Chris Bailey  |  
       
      
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        Atlanta
        Botanical Garden - Sean Hoelscher's Victorias
 
        with more images by Rich Sacher & Kevin Joyce  |  
       
      
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        Atlanta
        Botanical Garden's 2004 Chihuly Glass Exhibition by Sean
        Hoelscher  |  
       
      
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        Atlanta
        Botanical Garden 2004 Aquatics Display & Chihuly Glass Exhibition  
        by Rich Sacher & Kevin Joyce |  
       
      
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        New
        Orleans Botanical Garden - by Rich Sacher  |  
       
      
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        New Orleans Botanical Garden 2004 Spring Aquatics
        Display - by Rich Sacher |  
       
      
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        New Orleans Botanical Garden 2005 After Hurricane
        Katrina by Rich Sacher |  
       
      
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        Augsburg
        Botanical Garden by Werner Wallner |  
       
      
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        Botanical
        Garden of München - Nymphenburg - Gallery by Werner
        Wallner  |  
       
      
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        Reiman
        Gardens 2003 Iowa
        State University - Photos & Text by Ed Moran  |  
       
      
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        McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, Florida
        USA - by Kit Knotts 
        Gallery
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        2 | Gallery
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        McKee Botanical
        Garden November 2004 (After the Hurricanes) - by Rich Sacher |  
       
      
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        Flecker
        Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia - Photos by
        Nan Bailey  |  
       
      
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        Chihuly Glass and the Magnificent Glasshouses
        at the 
        Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2005 - Photos
        by C.J. Hurricks  |  
       
      
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        Within
        San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - 
        Botanical Garden, Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese
        Tea Garden 
        Images by Pong Tip Keng   |  
       
      
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        Se-Miwon
        Watergardens, South Korea - Text by Max Gordon
        - Images by Lim Gi Youl |  
       
      
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        Domenico
        Montevecchi's Giardino Botanico "Villa Bricherasio",
        Italy 
        Images by Enrica Montevecchi and Luca Lubatti  |  
       
      
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        Lotusland
        in Winter Images by Dave Brigante  |  
       
      
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        The Ponds
        of Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois USA 
        Images by Steven Kaliski, Propagator of Aquatics  |  
       
      
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        White
        River Gardens at the Indianapolis Zoo - by
        Susan Micks   |  
       
      
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        From WGI ONLINE Journal - Royal
        Botanic Gardens, Hope 
        Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, by Calvin
        Chong  |  
       
      
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        From WGI ONLINE Journal - Propagation
        areas at the  
        Royal
        Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh - Images
        by Pat Clifford, Senior Horticulturist  |  
       
      
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        From WGI ONLINE Journal -  
        The Oregon Garden The
        Oregon Garden Wetlands | Wetland
        Research 
        Water
        Quality Research | Barley
        Straw Algae Control Research |  
       
      
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        Aquatics
        at The Sarah P. Duke Gardens - Photos by
        Rich Sacher and Kevin Joyce  |  
       
      
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        The
        Water Features of Longwood Gardens - Photos
        by Alan Montour   |  
       
      
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        Water Gardeners International Spotlights Denver
        Botanic Gardens  |  
       
      
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        Water Features
        at the Getty Villa, Malibu, California USA
        - by Pam Spindola  |  
       
      
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        Victoria,
        its New House and its History at Adelaide Botanic Gardens 
        by Jeremy Prentice and Lyn Dargusch  |  
       
      
    
      
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        Images From
        Arnham Land, Australia by Dave Wilson  |  
       
      
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        Field
        Trip To Lake St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 
        by Jacques Gerber  |  
       
      
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        La
        Gran Sabana of Venezuela, "The Lost World" by Fernando
        Santos |  
       
      
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        Field Collecting
        Australian Water Lilies - Expeditions 2000-2001 by Andre
        Leu  |  
       
      
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        Field Collecting
        Australian Water Lilies - Expedition 2002  by Andre
        Leu |  
       
      
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        A Visit
        To Amazonia, Iquitos, Peru - July 2003 by Dorothy Whittembury |  
       
      
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        Field Trip To St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal Province,
        South Africa 
        2003
        - Mfabeni Swamp by Jacques Gerber  |  
       
      
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        Fagertärn,
        Sweden, Home of Nymphaea alba var. rubra 
        Photos by Nick Diaz - Courtesy of Charles Thomas |  
       
      
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        "Tegualda" Colombia - It's garden, ponds and orchids 
        Guillermo
        Angulo's Galleries Main |  
       
      
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          "Tegualda" 
          Victoria
          Main | Bathtub Victoria | First Flower |
          Bathtub Victoria Moves | Second Life | 2002 | Third Life | 2004 
          Aquatic
          Images | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 
          Garden
          Images | 2001 | 2002 - 1 | 2002 - 2 | 2003
          | 2004 
          Orchids
          | 2001 | 2002 - 1 | 2002 - 2 | 2003 - 1 | 2003
          -2 | 2003 - 3 | 2004 - 1 | 2004 - 2 |  
          2004 - 3 | 2004 - 4 | 2004 - 5 
          A
          New Orchid Discovered in the Asphalt Jungle 
          Index of
          Orchid Images  
          Galleries by year - 2001
          | 2002
          | 2003
          | 2004 
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        New Orchid
        Discovered in the Asphalt Jungle by Guillermo Angulo |  
       
      
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        Stroll
        Through Bangkok's Market by KK Agrawal  |  
       
      
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        Parque de la
        Exótica Flora Tropical, Venezuela by
        Juli Carbonell & Dorothy Whittembury  |  
       
      
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        The Conservatories
        at Gaylord Palms Resort - Images by
        Rich Sacher & Kit Knotts |  
       
      
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        Tour
        of Tasmania by John Sou  |  
       
      
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        Water Gardening
        In Finland by Tapani and Seija Mäenpää  |  
       
      
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        The Korean Garden of Byoung Sup Ghill - Gallery
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        2 | Gallery
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        Flora
        of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu by Pong
        Tip Keng |  
       
      
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        Corroboree
        Billabong, Northern Territory, Australia 
        with naturally occurring white Nelumbo nucifera by Dave Wilson  |  
       
      
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        Over
        Night Transformation of the pond at the 
        University of New Orleans - by Rich
        Sacher |  
       
      
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        Lakeside
        Gardens - from the Slide Collection of Clyde Ikins  |  
       
      
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        A Visit to
        the Waterlily Farm of  
        Dr. Slearmlarp (Sam) Wasuwat, Thailand by Byoung Sup Ghill  |  
       
      
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        OzPond
        2005 Pre-Symposium Tour - Text & photos by Nan Bailey |  
       
      
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        OzPond
        2005 Informal Gathering & Awards Ceremony 
        Text by Noelene Pullen, photos by Nan Bailey  |  
       
      
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        The
        Hyacinth Project and the Children of Malawi by Larry Nau  |  
       
      
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        Nan and
        Dave Bailey Sail North Queensland's Gorgeous Coast by
        Nan Bailey  |  
       
      
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        Winch
        Daughters Visit The Charles Winch Collection at New Orleans
        Botanical Garden  |  
       
      
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        2006
        Walderbacher Seerosentage - Waterlily Days at Walderbach  |  
       
      
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        2006
        Tour of Gardens in Germany, Italy and Austria
 
        with Gesellschaft der Wassergarten-Freunde  |  
       
      
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        Royal
        Flora Ratchaphruek 2006, Chiang Mai, Thailand 
        Images by Dr. Sureeya Tantiwiwat |  
       
      
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        A fortuitous Internet search brings us new information 
        About Images from Dreer's Nurseries 
        The Riverton School Riverton Project  |  
       
      
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        The Making
        of a Pond in Spain by Emilio Vilaró, Tortosa, Catalonia   |  
       
      
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        Waterbury,
        Connecticut's Palace Theater by Louis Belloisy  |  
       
      
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        Our
        Trip to the Waterlilies of Belarus - Text and photos by Theo
        Germann  |  
       
      
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        Hughes Water Gardens, Tualatin Oregon USA - 
        2008
        Waterlily Festival, Invitational Art Show & Victoria Night  
        Complete 450K | For shorter download Gallery
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        2 | Gallery
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        2009
        Waterlily Festival & Invitational Art Show 
        Hughes Water Gardens, Tualatin, Oregon USA 700
        K - For shorter downloads  
        Gallery
        1 | Gallery
        2 | Gallery
        3 | Indoor
        Gallery & Lotus | Victoria
        Bloom Night   |  
       
      
     
     
     
     
     
    
     
     
     
     
     
    
      
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        Named
        Waterlilies Introductory Page More
        than 1,700 listings with type, description, parents, synonyms,
        links to images, links to extra information, etc. | 
         
       
      
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        Addenda - tidbits about waterlily names not found on other
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          The
          Saga of Blue Beauty - by Walter Pagels  
          N. 'Darwin' & 'Hollandia' 
          N. 'Eastern Moon'  
          N. 'Fabiola', 'Mrs, Richmond',
          'Pink Beauty', 'Odorata Luciana' 
          N. 'George L. Thomas' - by Charles B. Thomas 
          N. 'James Gurney' 
          N. 'John Wedgwood' 
          Viviparous tropical night bloomers N. lasiophylla
          and N. prolifera 
          N. 'Laydekeri Alba' 
          N. 'Laydekeri Rosea' &
          N. 'Laydekeri Rosea Prolifera' - by
          Andreas Protopapas 
          N. 'Maria' - by Andreas Protopapas 
          N. 'Mosaique', Latour-Marliac's
          lost gem 
          N. 'Mrs. Robert Sawyer'
          & N. 'Independence' - by
          Walter Pagels 
          The enigmatic N. petersiana & N. lotus 
          N. 'Stanley Angus Skinger' 
          The Issue of Nymphaea
          'Odorata Sulphurea Grandiflora' and
          N. 'Sunrise' (Complete
          650K - Not recommended for dail up connections - for shorter
          download click
          here to begin) by Andreas Protopapas 
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        List
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        List of
        Perry Slocum Cultivars compiled by Charles B. Thomas  |  
       
      
    
      
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        Waterlily Cultivation Index to Articles | 
         
        
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         The Difference Between
        Tropicals and Hardies | 
         
       
      
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         Quick
        Guide To Growing Tropical Waterlilies - by Rich Sacher | 
         
       
      
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         Growing
        & Propagating Hardy Waterlilies - by Kit Knotts | 
         
       
      
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         Potting Waterlilies
        - by Kit Knotts |  
        
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         Waterlily
        Planting Instructions - by Sharyn Munn | 
         
       
      
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         Growing From
        Seed - by Kit Knotts |  
        
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        Should I Grow From
        Seed or Rhizome? or The Truth About Plants Grown From Both | 
         
       
      
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         Growing
        Tropicals From Tuber - by Kit Knotts |  
        
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         Tropical
        Waterlily Tuber Propagation by Sean Stevens | 
         
       
      
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         Tuber
        Production of Tropical Waterlilies - by Walter Pagels | 
         
       
      
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         Tubering
        Tropical Waterlilies In Warm Climates by Kit Knotts | 
         
       
      
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         Viviparous
        Waterlilies - by Kit Knotts |  
        
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         Viviparity
        in the hardy waterlily 'Colonel A.J. Welch' -
        Photos by Werner Wallner | 
         
       
      
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         Viviparous
        Tropical Waterlily Propagation - by
        Sean Stevens | 
         
       
      
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         Repotting
        Overgrown Tropical Waterlilies - by Kit Knotts | 
         
       
      
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         "Chop
        and Drop" of a Large Tropical Waterlily - by Kit Knotts | 
         
       
      
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         Dividing
        Tropical Waterlilies - by Kit Knotts |  
        
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        Overwintering
        Tropical Waterlilies - by Rich Sacher | 
         
       
      
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        Overwintering
        Tropical Waterlily Tubers by Members of our
        Email Discussion List | 
         
       
      
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        Winterizing
        Tropical Waterlilies 
        With Tips for the Rest of the Year by Bob Meyer,
        Illinois USA  | 
         
       
      
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        Thinning Night
        Blooming Tropicals by Kit Knotts |  
        
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        Hardy Waterlily
        Germination Study - by Don Stevens | 
         
       
      
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        Caterpillar
        Attack! - by Kit Knotts 
        How to identify and control the larvae that afflict
        waterlilies | 
         
       
      
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        Growing
        Waterlilies In Dixie Cups by Sean Stevens  | 
         
       
      
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        Fertilizing Adult Waterlilies | 
         
       
      
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        Fertilizing Waterlily
        Seedlings | 
         
       
      
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        Germinating
        Hardy Waterlily Seeds by John Blagg  | 
         
       
      
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        From WGI ONLINE Journal -  
        Growing
        Tropical Waterlily Seedlings in The Basement by Lou Belloisy  | 
         
       
      
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        Chance
        Seedlings, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Charles Leach | 
         
       
      
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        Fasciation
        in a Tropical Waterlily Tuber by Rich Sacher   |  
        
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        Waterlily
        Family Tree - Family relationships with links to taxonomy
        and images | 
         
       
      
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        New Waterlily
        Family Relationships 2007  |  
        
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        How To Make Hybrids  | 
         
        
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        Make Your Own New Hybrid
        by Kit Knotts |  
        
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        From Conception
        To Bloom Page 1 | Page
        2 | Page
        3 - by Craig Presnell | 
         
       
      
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        Hybridizing
        Tropical Water Lilies by Rich Sacher |  
        
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        Parents For Waterlily
        Hybrids - compiled by Werner Wallner | 
         
       
      
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        How
        To Name A New Cultivar  |  
        
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        Hybridizing
        of Tropical Waterlilies by Charles A. Winch 
        Paper presented during the Third International
        Waterlily Symposium held at Denver in August 1987 | 
         
       
      
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        Water
        Lily Hybridization by Kirk Strawn,
        PhD | 
         
       
      
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        Diversity
        of Waterlily Seedlings in a Single Hybridization
        by Pairat Songpanich | 
         
       
      
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        More Diversity
        of Waterlily Seedlings in a Single Hybridization - by Pairat
        Songpanich  | 
         
       
      
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        Special Articles | 
         
        
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        The Miracle Man's Miracle
        Plant 
        The World's First Documented Hybrid Between Two
        Subgenera Of Nymphaea | 
         
       
      
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        The Saga of
        Blue Beauty - by Walter Pagels | 
         
       
      
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        Waterlily
        Chromosome Counts - by Walter Pagels | 
         
       
      
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        Guide To
        Photographing Waterlilies - by Lou Belloisy | 
         
       
      
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        "Thousand
        Petals" - by Eiji Nitasaka | 
         
       
      
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        'Mrs. Robert
        Sawyer' or 'Independence'? - by Walter Pagels | 
         
       
      
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        Waterlilies
        As Cut Flowers - Seerosen
        als Schnittblumen 
        By Kit Knotts - Translated to German by Werner
        Wallner  | 
         
       
      
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        Waterlilies
        for Cutting - by Christian Meyer | 
         
       
      
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        Mysteries of Waterlily Identification  |  
        
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        2003
        Waterlily Days At Walderbach, Germany - by Werner Wallner | 
         
       
      
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        The Home
        of Nymphaea alba var. rubra 
        Photos by Nick Diaz - Courtesy of Charles Thomas | 
         
       
      
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        The
        Best Way To Pick Waterlilies - Werner Wallner's Method  | 
         
       
      
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        The
        Ponds of Nymphaion - Gallery by Werner Wallner | 
         
       
      
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        Nymphaea
        'Trouble-Freeia' A new species of Nymphaea? by K.K. Agrawal | 
         
       
      
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        New
        Proposed Hybrid of Anecphya & Brachyceras by Yasuhiro
        Satou - Nymphaea 'Yasuhiro'   | 
         
       
      
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        Proposed
        New Anecphya/Brachyceras Hybrid by Mio Sato, Japan  | 
         
       
      
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        Winners of Competitions
        for Waterlilies 1997 - 2008  |  
        
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        Historical Articles | 
         
        
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         The
        History of Hybrid Waterlilies by Kit Knotts Part
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        1852-1853, NYMPHÆA ORTGIESIANO-RUBRA - French
        - English 
        by J.E. Planchon, FLORE DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE | 
         
       
      
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        1856, NYMPHÆAS
        by Maxwell Masters, The Gardeners' Chronicle,
        May 24 | 
         
       
      
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        1857, Die Bouché'schen Nymphäen-Blendlinge - German 
        (The Bouché Nymphaea Hybrids) - English 
        by Professor Dr. Karl Koch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung | 
         
       
      
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        1883, THE
        CRIMSON WATER-LILY (NYMPHÆA RUBRA.) 
        PAXTON'S FLOWER
        GARDEN. BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY AND SIR JOSEPH PAXTON. | 
         
       
      
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        1887, JULY
        23. Canary
        Water Lily. by
        William Robinson, THE GARDEN.   | 
         
       
      
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        1884, THE
        DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S WATER LILY (NYMPHÆA
        DEVONIENSIS) 
        PAXTON'S FLOWER
        GARDEN. BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY AND SIR JOSEPH PAXTON. | 
         
       
      
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        1891, LES NYMPHAEA RUSTIQUES - French
 
        (THE HARDY WATERLILIES) - English 
        by Maurice-L. Vilmorin,  Revue horticole | 
         
       
      
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        1899, March 18. HARDY
        HYBRID WATER LILIES. THE
        GARDEN. 
        Extract from a paper read by M. Latour-Marliac
        before the Royal Horticultural Society, August 9, 1898.  | 
         
       
      
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        1905, The
        Waterlilies, Chapter VII by Henry S. Conard | 
         
       
      
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        1912, Oxford
        Gardens, Glass-houses, No. 6. The Water-lily House by R.T. Günther, M.A. | 
         
       
      
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        1912, Aquiculture
        Lagrange Complete Catalogue | 
         
       
      
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        public. The links below take you to the cover of the issue, and
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          Carnivorous Plants For In and Around Your Water Garden Vol.
          1.2  
          Go With What Works  Vol.
          1.2 
          The Wild Wacky World of Variegated Water Plants Vol.
          1.3 
          The Alure of Aponogeton distachyos Vol.
          1.3 
          A widening array of versatile aquatic plants Color Me Summer!
          Vol.
          1.4 
          Heliconias that like Wet Feet Vol.
          1.4   
          Crinum campanulatum Vol.
          2.1 
          Plants to improve Your Winter Reflection Vol.
          2.1 
          The Samaan Grove Wetland System Vol.
          2.2 
          Notes on Echinodorus macrophyllus Vol.
          2.2 
          The Moist Soil Garden Vol.
          2.3 
          China Tackles the Water Hyacinth Vol.
          2.4 
          Cobras Are Found in Oregon! Vol.
          2.4 
          The truly aquatic Crinum natans Vol.
          3.1 
          Terrestrial Plants for the Pond Vol.
          3.2  
          The surprising floral explosion of Camas Lilies Vol.
          3.2 
          Water Hyacinth Claims More Victims in Africa Vol.
          3.3 
          A Penchant for Papyrus Vol.
          3.3 
          Hymenocallis coronaria - Spider Lilies Writ Large Vol.
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        The Art of Aquatic Cooking - Recipes
        Index  | 
         
       
      
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        Culinary
        and Herbal Uses of Aquatic Plants -
        by Rev. Charles H. Overton, UK |  
       
      
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        Water
        Hawthorn Stew - Jacques Gerber, Pretoria,
        South Africa  |  
       
      
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        Taro Basics
        | Taro Burgers
        | Chicken or Squid
        Luau | Laulau 
        Asta Miklius, Volcano, Hawai'i  |  
       
      
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        Lotus
        Tuber Basics | Lotus
        Tuber Chicken Soup & Chicken in Plum Sauce  
        Fish &
        Lotus Tuber Stir Fry | Lotus
        Tuber Tempura  
        Bean Sprout
        & Lotus Tuber Stir Fry with Crispy Bacon - Tuckfook Ng,
        Penang, Malaysia |  
       
      
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        Lotus
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        - Kit & Ben Knotts, Florida, USA  |  
       
      
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        Chart of Edible Aquatics
        | Vietnamese
        Cilantro Salsa | Cinnamon
        Wild Rice Pudding 
        Chameleon
        Wild Rice Salad & Wasabi Vinaigrette | Cattail
        Biscuits | Full
        Bloom Dip 
        Daylily
        Blueberry Pancakes - by Cathy Wilkinson Barash, Iowa USA |  
       
     
     
    
 
      
        
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        K.K.Agrawal (India), Guillermo Angulo (Colombia), Michael Avishai
        (Israel), Nan Bailey (Australia), Billy Bates & Steve Kennon
        (Mississippi USA), Dieter Bechthold (Germany), Lou Belloisy (Connecticut
        USA), Karine Belotti (France), Norman Bennett (United Kingdom),
        Mauro Bergamo & Manlio Calvisi (Italy), Kathy Biggs (California
        USA) Dr. Monroe Birdsey (Florida USA), Dave Brigante (Oregon
        USA) | 
         
       
      
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        Jessica Clements (Texas USA), Marilyn Cook & Helen Nash (Indiana
        USA), David & Mary Cook (United Kingdom & Kenya),  Nedra
        Crow (Missouri USA), David Curtright (California USA), John Dawes
        (United Kingdom & Spain), Pol Detienne (Belgium), Barbara
        & Larry Earl, (California USA), Duane Eaton (Texas USA),
        Babs Ellinwood (Florida USA), Mobola Eogbogbo (Nigeria), Chris
        Farmer (France) | 
         
       
      
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        Forsman (Minnesota USA), Bill Frase (Florida USA), Rainer &
        Suwanna Gaide (Thailand), Jacques Gerber (South Africa), Theo
        Germann, (Germany), Byoung Sup Ghill (South Korea), Hai Tran
        (Georgia USA), Danny, Noa, Tsafi and Haim of Hazorea Aquatics
        (Israel), Dr. Barre Hellquist (Massachusetts USA), Bill Heritage
        (United Kingdom), Aaron J. Hicks (Arizona USA) | 
         
       
      
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        (China), Jaewon Jung (Korea), Kevin Kenny (Trinidad & Tobago),
        Angelika Kern (Austria), Tamara Kilbane (North Carolina USA),
        Kenneth Khoo (Malaysia), Emilio Latorre (Colombia), Andre Leu
        (Australia), Li Shu-juan (China), Pablo Maccor & Soledad
        Dethiou (Argentina), Carlos Magdalena (United Kingdom), Tim Matson
        (Vermont USA), Renata Mazzini (Brazil & United Kingdom),
        Christian Meyer (Germany), John & Mary Mirgon (Colorado USA) | 
         
       
      
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        Warner Orozco-Obando (Costa Rica & Alabama USA), Dr. Jeff
        Osborn (Missouri USA), Walter Pagels (California USA), William
        Phillips (Tennessee USA), Craig Presnell (Florida USA), Andreas
        Protopapas (Cyprus), Angel Rodriguez & Carla Black (Panama),
        Patti & Doug Rose (California USA) | 
         
       
      
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        USA), Hideshi Sobue (Japan), Pairat Songpanich (Thailand), Josh
        Spece (Iowa USA), Pam Spindola (California, USA), Janice Mason
        Steeves (Canada) | 
         
       
      
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        (Alabama USA), Joe Summers (Missouri USA), Philip Swindells (United
        Kingdom), Daike Tian (China and USA), The Tierneys (Australia),
        Charles B. Thomas (Pennsylvania USA), Mike Thomas (Colorado USA),
        Tyler Tippin (Florida USA), Joe Tomocik (Colorado USA) | 
         
       
      
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        Jamie Vande (Germany), Werner Wallner (Bavaria), Lady Susana
        Walton (Italy), Dr. Slearmlarp Wasuwat (Thailand), Randolph Weedman
        (Florida), Dorothy Whittembury (Venezuela), Dr. John Wiersema
        (Maryland USA), Charles Winch (Australia), Jack Wood (Arizona
        USA), John Wyman (North Carolina, USA), Gabriel & Carolina
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