My most Beautiful Flower

by Patricia
(Lewisburg,Ky, USA)

When I first saw the leaves sprouting out of the water ,silly me thought they were deformed Lillys.LOL

Then I saw this long stem emerge from my back yard pond.

Finally a bloom appeared I could not figure out what this was or where it came from.To this day I am not sure .I think it came from a lady who was moving and had giving me some plants from her back yard pond.

The bud was very large and I waited for it to bloom .It seemed to take forever. Then one morning there it was! So big and beautiful and perfect! I had to pull up all my water plants this year and seperate them .My lotus was growing inside a bunch of other water flowers. I had to pull them out and had no idea how to plant them so i just laid them into the water.

Right now they are producing leaves on top of the water but am not sure I will have any blooms from them as they are not under the water in pots. I will be sad if that happens .