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A New Ornamental Cultivar Lotus‘Qiu Mudan’

YANG Dong1,2,LIU Yanling2 ,XU Liming2 ,DENG Xianbao1,2,and YANG Mei1,2,*   

  1. (1 Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration,Wuhan Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wuhan 430074,China;2 Aquatic Plant Research Center,Wuhan Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074,China)
  • Online:2023-06-26 Published:2023-06-26

Abstract: ‘Qiu Mudan’,a new cultivar of ornamental lotus,was bred from‘Jinghong’(Nelumbo nucifera)× wild American lotus(N. lutea)by artificial hybridization. Under field planting conditions, ‘Qiu Mudan’is a large-medium plant with yellow and double flower. The height of erect leaves is 110– 135 cm. Leaf size is 60–80 cm × 50–65 cm. Flower density is 12–18 per square meter,which is slightly above the leaf. The number of flower petals is 154–208 and its flower diameter could reach 23–29 cm. The green-ripening receptacle is umbrella shaped. The rhizomatous stem expands slightly. The new cultivar blooms from May to October in the Yangtze River region of China

Key words: Nelumbo, yellow, long flowering period, double-petalled flower, cultivar 

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