Has anyone ever seen this before. This bloom is now growing lily pads and has grown roots. To my knowledge lilies propagate from the root bulb not from the flowers.
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I have never seen this before from all the ponds I worked on. Neither has the guy that worked with me. Thats crazy!
I thought it was odd, I will let it grow and see what happens. The lily has had other normal bloom. It looks like something that could be planted and grow into a new plant. The lilly is 30" under water that this bloom came from. It only gets 4-5 hours of sun. I'll post an update next for anyone interested inhow this thing grows.
It looks like it's got it's own roots and now has 5 lilly pads grown out and more on the way. I think I will try planting it at the bottom of the pond and see if it turns into another lily plant.
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I had some time to kill this morning so I googled water lilly runners. There's not too much out there but this might explain things:
http://www.gardenguides.com/video-60000-water-lily-reproduce.html
Interesting....