The species Nymphaea micrantha is found in Cote d'Ivoire and is unusual for being both Live bearing; no seeds - viviparous; this species is the only day blooming viviparous lily, the similar looking N. lotus blooms only at night. The characteristic white flower of N. micrantha is absent in aquarium plants purported to be this which show light blue flowers, they have to be a hybrid with another species, probably one with a blue flower and at any rate some other parent plant was also the source of the red mottling in the leaves, they're green in the true N. micrantha The species was rediscovered in 2008. [1] |