Provenance of
N. alexii Jacobs & Hellquist, 2005

Dr. Barre Hellquist is an acknowledged expert in the identification of waterlilies.

Andre Leu is an acknowledged expert on the identification of waterlilies of the subgenus Anecphya and photographed these in the wild in 2000 and 2001. New species status confirmed by Dr. Surrey Jacobs and Dr. Barre Hellquist in 2005.

Provenance provides the history of and chain of ownership of plants pictured on this web site. Each image in the cultivar and species galleries has been researched to the best of our ability for accuracy. Print references for waterlilies can be found in the Bibliography of Names. Images have also been reviewed by acknowledged experts. When possible we provide this provenance, from the hybridizer, back to the hybridizer or, for older cultivars, back to an expert source.