Nymphaea ‘Queen Sirikit’ is an eye catching purple hardy waterlily. Purple flower petals soften to a white inner petal with a bright yellow center. The flower petals are very rounded.
N. Queen Sirkit is WINTER HARDY which is an intersubgeneric hybrid (a cross between a hardy and a tropical water lily), and is recognized as being among the first hardy blue and violet water lilies in the world. It was created by the now-legendary Pairat Songpanich at his water lily farm in Thailand. A Thai horticultural researcher Mr.Pairat Songpanit, an academic in the Department of Agriculture has developed a purple-hued water lily named after Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
- Scientific name: Nymphaea x ‘Queen Sirikit’
- Hardiness/Type: Hardy
- Flower Color: Purple
- Pad Color: Green
- Size: Medium
- Hybridizer: Pairat Songpanich