Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Tiger Water Lily
Nymphaea lotus
Photo: Meneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–30 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Origin
- Tropical Africa and Madagascar
- Size
- 20 – 60 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 30°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- medium (tablets next to the bulb)
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- midground – background
- Propagation
- offset bulbs; seeds
Notes: Red leaves with dark spots that grow from a bulb. If allowed to reach the surface, they cast shadows on the rest of the plant: trim them so the plant remains submerged.
