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Raffaele Ferraro
Pereira City, Colombia
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I am an Italian citizen and for many years I have been working
abroad with plants and landscaping. I created gardens on the
Isle of Capri (Mediterranean climate) and in the Canary Islands
(sub-tropical). Twelve years ago I arrived in Latin America,
first in Costa Rica, and now I live in Colombia (tropical). |

The name of my place is Kamda, Beyond the Garden. |
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I developed a fascination with odd and strange water plants,
among many other species. My collection is extensive. The waterlilies
are from Thailand and many other countries. For more than twenty
years I have explored around the world looking for Nymphaea,
Nymphoides and other water plants. Some of the sites I
visited are Sri Lanka, Zanzibar, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Roraima, Madagascar,
Borneo, Seicheles, India and more . . . |
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'Jongkolnee' |
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^ N. 'Nangkwag' blue
and pink ^
N. 'King of Siam' with 'Director Moore' >
N. violacea >> |
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For a long time I have wanted to create a bicolor tropical
waterlily flower. This is my first hybrid and the name is 'Kamda'.
It is "Malva" blue, with the ends of the petals deep
purple. <
Sri Lanka
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My Search for N. nouchali |
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