-Pring. A national favorite. Blooms are large, with long, graceful petals of clear, rich red with red-gold stamens. Requires a lot of space and produces a profusion of bloom.

The so-called White Lotus of the Nile, Egypt, and Africa. The white, sweet-scented blooms range from 5 to 10 inches in diameter. Species is quite similar to, in fact is the African counterpart of, N. pubescens.

Fiery-rose flowers, not much cultivated in the United States.

-Similar but of deeper color.

-Wide, concave-petaled bloom, delicate pink.

-Similar but slightly deeper pink.

-Pring. Crimson passing to deep purple-red in maturity.

See N. dentata superba.

-Very old variety in England and America. Delicate pink, green and brown mottled foliage.

An American hybrid, but one with a distinctly Oriental air. Another of the night-blooming tropicals which lends itself particularly well to illumination at night. It opens slowly, and only on its third day of blooming are its petals spread widely enough to reveal a cluster of deep orange stamens

-Ten-inch blooms glistening white with exceptionally broad petals.

N. Lotus-Native to west and central Africa, especially Egypt. The species type (which also is frequently listed as White Lotus of the Nile -see N. indica) is of average size. White blooms tinged pink on the outside. Stamens are yellow. Only faintly fragrant.

-Grows freely in India, Java, Australia, and the Philippine Islands. Small white flowers have green stamens and are sweet scented.

-Pring. "Made for the moonlight," huge bloom, up to 14 inches wide, of pure, gleaming white with far more petals than most tropicals. Foliage is green, splotched maroon. For full development, plant requires plenty of well-enriched soil, warm weather, and at least a 9-foot area.

-Pring. Huge, rose-pink bloom held well above the water. Unusual mahogany stamens.

-American hybrid with an Oriental air. Blooms 10 to 12 inches of glowing red with a faint white line running down the center of each petal. Particularly beautiful when lighted by the rising or setting sun. Foliage large and bronzy red, deeply toothed. As the flower matures, sepals and outer petals droop, revealing the deep-orange stamens.

-Huge open flowers of creamy white with purple base. Sepals also creamy, striped green.

-Clear pink shade and quite numerous blooms.
-Medium-sized blooms of rose-carmine.
-Fine form and blood-red coloring.

N. pubescens-A species native to India, Australia, Java, and the Philippine Islands. Flowers are small and white. One of the early English imports.

-Native of India and Brazil, one of the most beautiful night-flowering species. Medium sized, very bright-red flowers with red stamens turning to red-brown. Foliage is red-bronze, becoming dark green as plant matures. Parent of many fine hybrids, the Devonshire a notable example.

-Free-growing South American species with small greenish-yellow blooms and a strong, pleasing lemon odor. Seeds gathered by natives for food.

-Gurney. Blooms open crimson, shade with age to deep purple.

-Brazilian species with large crimson flowers, small foliage.

-Huge rosy-pink, cup-shaped blooms With orange brown stamens. Strong, extensive grower that needs plenty of pool space and a larger than usual planting box. Foliage is bronze with crumpled edges. A group of these is a breathtaking sight on a sunny morning.

-West African species with 2- to 3-inch white blooms.