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Old 31-07-2006, 07:08 AM posted to rec.ponds
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Default Water Lilly flowers

Hello all, the flowers on my lilly are acting weird. After about a day or
so on the surface the stem starts to coil, like a spring, and pulls it under
water. It doesn't seem to ever come back up. What causes this? and how
can I stop it?
Thanks
Drew

That's normal. Usual life span is 3 days. Trim the stem close to the crown
to get more blooms... other wise they will rot or the plant may put energy
into setting (worthless) seed. ~ jan www.jjspond.us
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