The 2015 3rd Annual IWC New Waterlily Contest Winners

Final Results

The International Waterlily Collection 2015 New Waterlily Contest

The plants were managed and grown out by Kenneth Landon at the International Waterlily Collection in San Angelo, Texas.
This is our 3rd annual Contest. We had entries in the Tropical Category and the Intersubgeneric (ISG) Category.
Each Category was judged separately.

We would like to thank all of the outstanding hybridizers out there who entered plants this year.
You made it an Outstanding year and a really tough job for the judges to choose a winner.

We would like to give a big thanks to all of our judges for this year’s Contest. They had a tough job but really did a great job in judging all of the entries.

Ron Knight – Texas Master Gardener
Allison E Watkins – Texas Master Gardener
Shirley H Quincy – Texas Master Gardener
Jennifer Stephens – Texas Master Gardener
B B Maner – Texas Master Gardener
Rolf Nelson – Owner Nelson Water Gardens
Larry Nau – Owner Bergen Water Gardens
Zac DeGarmeaux – Owner Pond Megastore

 

Thanks You All Very Much!!!

 

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Our Overall Best New Waterlily Grand Champion for 2015 is…

Nymphaea ‘Morada Bay’ by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

The 1st Place Tropical is…
Nymphaea ‘Morada Bay’ by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

The 2nd Place Tropical is…
Nymphaea ‘Plyfah’ by Chaiyapol.

The 1st Place Intersubgeneric (ISG) is…
Nicknamed Deep Red (Not official name) by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

The 2nd Place Intersubgeneric (ISG) is…
Nymphaea ‘Sangria’ by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

T0115 by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

T0313 by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

Nymphaea ‘Valentine’ by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

Nymphaea ‘Fouette’ by Ao Weerada of Buafah Gardens.

T0215 by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.

ISG 0215 by Florida Aquatic Nurseries.