Welcome to the Auburn University Lotus Project page. We are very excited about this new venture - exploring the use of Lotus for our southeastern landscapes. This page will change soon and we are adding to the individual cultivar pages on an ongoing basis.

PLANT SELECTIONS

THUMBNAIL PAGE
Thumbnail gallery of all cultivar pages with photos. Others will be added.

Container Production and Post-harvest Handling of Lotus (Nelumbo)
and Micropropagation of Herbaceous Peony (Paeonia)
by Dr. Daike Tian

Daike Tian's homepage

Current Literature Review
by Warner Orozco-Obando

Historical Description
By Xuemin Ni (translated by Dr. Hongwen Huang)

Lotus Insect Page

WATER GARDENERS INTERNATIONAL(WGI)
on-line journal articles:
Is Lotus an Ornamental Plant or a Vegetable? Yes!
By Warner Orozco-Obando, Ken Tilt, & Bernice Fischman, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2009

The Versatile and Valuable Lotus
By Daike Tian, Volume 3 Number 4, November 2008

Experiments with Lotus (Nelumbo) Propagation at Auburn University
By Daike Tian, WGI volume 3, Number 4, November 2008