The Charles Winch Collection
Displayed at New Orleans Botanical Garden
2006
Text by Charles Winch's daughters
Noelene Pullen & Margaret Edwards
Images by Kit Knotts & Rich Sacher - Click to enlarge
N.
'Ambrosia'
Winch, 1992
Named because it conjures up a vision of the
food of the gods, this luscious light chartreuse-purple lily
has very unusual curled stamens, reminiscent of Australian native
waterlilies. A medium to large plant, the pads are heavily mottled.