Utopia Aquatic » Musings http://utopiaaquatic.com Online shopping for tropical water lilies Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:13:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Siamese bloom @ Star of Zanzibar http://utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/a-siamese-bloom-star-of-zanzibar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-siamese-bloom-star-of-zanzibar http://utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/a-siamese-bloom-star-of-zanzibar/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:12:34 +0000 Lorenzo Orlando Caum http://www.utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/?p=1104



The other day I noticed what appeared to be a mutated bloom rising from a Star of Zanzibar. Out of the hundreds of blooms that I’ve seen this year, I’ve never seen anything quite like this.

It’s a Siamese bloom on a tropical water lily ‘Star of Zanzibar’.

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]]> http://utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/a-siamese-bloom-star-of-zanzibar/feed/ 0 Tropical water lilies can breathe http://utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/tropical-water-lilies-can-breathe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tropical-water-lilies-can-breathe http://utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/tropical-water-lilies-can-breathe/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 03:22:27 +0000 Lorenzo Orlando Caum http://www.utopiaaquatic.com/nymphaea-fidelity/?p=1017



Some time ago as maintenance was being done across the ponds, I noticed something unique. After removing an expired pad from a N. William Mclane, I noticed it started releasing bubbles and it kept going and going!

I’m not entirely sure of the composition of the bubbles but I believe that it could be mostly oxygen. This could be particularly useful during a power outage @ the popping of the bubbles on the water surface creating gas exchange.

A tropical water lily breathing from Utopia Aquatic on Vimeo.

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