关键词: 睡莲, 品种

Abstract: The new cultivar of waterlily‘Hunsha’was bred by hybridization using Nymphaea atrans as mother plant and Nymphaea colorata as father plant. The leaves color is green. Its diameter is 32–35 cm × 36–40 cm with ovate shape. It is a large-sized plant，with semi-double flowers of bowl shape. This cultivar is distinguished from others by its changeable colors of flowers. It has white petals that then turn into deep pink over 3 successive days，petal number is 32–35，sepal number is 4. The flower diameter is 16–20 cm，the emergence height above water is 20–32 cm.‘Hunsha’is a tropical waterlily，and it cannot cross the winter naturally in the north of China.

Key words: waterlily, cultivar