Tropical water lily.

[Mr. McD]

[babylonsister]

1. Beautiful! Those colors are delicious! nt

[JeffR]

2. I'll second that!

Beautiful shots.

[PitbullTed]

3. WOW!!!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

4. The center looks like it's on fire.

Gorgeous colors.

[NV Whino]

5. How big are those little puppies.

My little ponds won't handle anything but dwarfs... and never tropicals with their fabulous colors.

[Mr. McD]

6. My pond will hold 2 full size lilies

We have one tropical and one hardy. This one is very hardy for a tropical, this is it's third year. Before we had to get a new one each year. They just couldn't survive these harsh Southern California winters.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. "...harsh Southern California winters"????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Maybe you need some of our Alaska variety. Not as showy perhaps, but definitely hardy.

[Mr. McD]

8. For tropicals it is harsh

All others do fine.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. They must like it REALLY hot...

I always burn up when I go to Southern California. Thick blood, you know. :)

[Mr. McD]

10. I love it hot, 90 to 100 and I am in heaven

As beautiful as it is I would never survive Alaska winters.

[Maestro]

11. Excellent shot!

Are you using a macro lens or just a standard lens?

[Mr. McD]

12. Standard,

Exposure time: 1/200s, Aperture: F5, Focal length: 190mm. ISO 400
Exposure time: 1/250s, Aperture: F5.6, Focal length: 238mm. ISO 400