Check with you local extension office and make sure that they are legal to grow in your state, William Trickers has many tropical lotus and lilies. www.tricker.com I buy from them regularly because they have good stuff and great service.

Check out Texas water lily the have a nice collection Hightider

Hi Aquawise - I did check with the co-op ext guy, and he gave me one lead, but the selection is limited, very limited. I'm also befuddled that so many sites I googled don't contain the botanical names. I've never seen so much disregard for a type of plant name before.

Hightider - is there a link?

I think it is because most people do not know them by a botanical name. Or even know they have one. LOL to most its just Lotus or Lily. Did you check out Trickers? I know they have the blue ones.