‘Fire Opal’ Hardy Water Lily

The hardy Fire Opal can withstand higher temperatures than other water lilies.
It’s a profuse bloomer that opens early in the morning.
It’s one of the first to bloom in the year to bloom and one of the last to bloom in fall.

Flowers: Yellow glow to orange-pink in the many stalactite peach petals.
The height allows the sepals to bend downward for an attractive sight.

Flowers grow 4″-5″ above the water.

6+ hrs/day direct sunlight.

Nymphaea ‘Fire Opal’
Not to be confused with ‘Perry’s Fire Opal.

This ‘Fire Opal’ water lily resembles M. Marliac’s 1908 Odalisque also known as ‘Opalisque’ that was hybridized by Charles Masters during his work with Tricker’s in the 1930s. The staff referred to it as Fire Opal because of the wonderful flower description of pinks and orange and relative identification with ‘Opalisque’, and thus its descriptive name.