Flowers are solitary, emergent, diurnal, and sweetly scented. They are intermediate between cupiform (cup-like) and stellate in shape. The four sepals are oblong, acute, 7-8 cm long, and 3-3.5 cm wide. Sepals are partially green (RHS 135C) and partially petaloid (RH5 96D-97A). There are 14-16 petals, each 7.7-8.5 cm long and 2.3-3.3 cm wide, with an entire margin and obtuse apex. The transition of petals to stamens is relatively abrupt. Petals of first-day flowers are violet-blue (RHS 96D-97A). There are =200 stamens with carmine (RH5 6413) anthers that turn greyed-orange (RHS 174D) with age. Filaments are yellow (RHS 11D) centrally, turning to violet-blue (RHS 97C) peripherally, and fading to greenish-white (RHS 157D) with age. The filaments are 0.5-1.5 mm wide, the larger ones somewhat laminar. The floral axis is carmine (RHS 64B). The hybrid is distinct from the parents by its novel petal and anther colors and by its intermediate flower and petal shapes.
The standard of Nymphaea `William Phillips' comprises a set of five dried specimens (accession no.121558) provided by the originator and conserved at the Univ. of Connecticut's George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). The standard specimens were collected by William E. Phillips from growing tank no. 7, located at 1161 Stage Ave., Memphis, TN 38127. The standard portfolio also includes additional dried material for further destructive sampling, an illustration, digital and printed images, a copy of the International Waterlily and Water Garden Society IWGS) registration form, and the protologue. The cultivar was originated by William E. Phillips and was nominated by Kit Knotts, Cocoa Beach, Fla. The name Nymphaea `William Phillips' was included inadvertently in a previous list (Knotts, 2002); however, that action did not constitute establishment of the name in accordance with Article 22.6 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (Trehane et al., 1995). is a tropical intersubgeneric waterlily cultivar bred/released by William E. Phillips. View photos, descriptions and detailed characteristics of this plant in the IWGS Aquatic Plant Database.' property='og:description'/>Flowers are solitary, emergent, diurnal, and sweetly scented. They are intermediate between cupiform (cup-like) and stellate in shape. The four sepals are oblong, acute, 7-8 cm long, and 3-3.5 cm wide. Sepals are partially green (RHS 135C) and partially petaloid (RH5 96D-97A). There are 14-16 petals, each 7.7-8.5 cm long and 2.3-3.3 cm wide, with an entire margin and obtuse apex. The transition of petals to stamens is relatively abrupt. Petals of first-day flowers are violet-blue (RHS 96D-97A). There are =200 stamens with carmine (RH5 6413) anthers that turn greyed-orange (RHS 174D) with age. Filaments are yellow (RHS 11D) centrally, turning to violet-blue (RHS 97C) peripherally, and fading to greenish-white (RHS 157D) with age. The filaments are 0.5-1.5 mm wide, the larger ones somewhat laminar. The floral axis is carmine (RHS 64B). The hybrid is distinct from the parents by its novel petal and anther colors and by its intermediate flower and petal shapes.
The standard of Nymphaea `William Phillips' comprises a set of five dried specimens (accession no.121558) provided by the originator and conserved at the Univ. of Connecticut's George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). The standard specimens were collected by William E. Phillips from growing tank no. 7, located at 1161 Stage Ave., Memphis, TN 38127. The standard portfolio also includes additional dried material for further destructive sampling, an illustration, digital and printed images, a copy of the International Waterlily and Water Garden Society IWGS) registration form, and the protologue. The cultivar was originated by William E. Phillips and was nominated by Kit Knotts, Cocoa Beach, Fla. The name Nymphaea `William Phillips' was included inadvertently in a previous list (Knotts, 2002); however, that action did not constitute establishment of the name in accordance with Article 22.6 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (Trehane et al., 1995). is a tropical intersubgeneric waterlily cultivar bred/released by William E. Phillips. View photos, descriptions and detailed characteristics of this plant in the IWGS Aquatic Plant Database.' name='Description'/>
Nymphaea 'William Phillips' A. Doran, Les & M. Moody - IWGS Plant Database
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