The only lily I know of that has "thorns" is the Victoria, the ones that are
HUGE and whose leaves have a "lip" on them. When I say "huge", I *mean*
huge: there are photos of Victorian era ladies standing on the lily pads.

Is that what you have? O'wise, I don't know of any lilies that have thorns.
I'm not saying that I know of every lily OUT there, it's just that the
Victoria is the only "thorned" one I know of. They come from the Amazon
basin . . .

Lee

"claude rogers" wrote in message
...
O.K. thanks to everyone who told me when, where, how deep, what container,
basically everything one needs to know about putting lotus in my pond,
now,
how come no one told me not to touch the stems on those vertical stems,
they
are covered in little thorns, Ouch!!! learn something new every
day....Claude