ID of specific species of this plant?

[ralliart12]

Hi, here's the plant in question:



anybody knows what its scientific name is? I want to order the plant, hence need to identify it more deterministically.

[yeeseng]

should be Dwarf Lily (Nymphaea stellata) if i'm not wrong. ask the shop owner, instead.

[ralliart12]

should be Dwarf Lily (Nymphaea stellata) if i'm not wrong. ask the shop owner, instead.

Thank you Yee Seng. To be honest, I do not think the shop owner will be able to provide the specific scientific names; & in my "ordering catalog", there are 4 species of lotus. I am unable to identify the one in the photo above, from the book, as the 4 photos in the book doesn't show the flowering form.

Don't mind if I ask an amateurish question: I can't just purchase a flowered unit to plant into my tank if my tank's water level exceeds that of the length of the plant right? The flower will just rot away underwater right?

[yeeseng]

Flowers will just rot away, the question is how long.

[ralliart12]

Flowers will just rot away, the question is how long.

Perhaps I should re-phrase, if I simply plant an already-flowering specimen completely underwater, it will be an immediate waste of effort right? I have to plant a yet-to-flower specimen & let it flower above the water level in time, right?