My water lilies have stopped flowering since December. I used to get a bloom every day. I know water lilies need strong sunlight and constant fertilising to produce flowers.
I think a shift in position of the sun in the “winter” months over Singapore, coupled with the rainy North-East monsoon season may have caused this. Although Singapore is near the equator, it is still slightly north of it and the position of the sun will shifts slightly with the 4 seasons. I notice that shadows of my house are now cast on my lily pond in the late morning and afternoon. I used to get about 6 hours of direct sun in the “summer” months, but now my lilies are getting at most 3 hours. That is when there is no rain. It has been a wet November and December.
Looks like my water lilies need a rest now. Hopefully, things will goes back to normal after February and I will be able to get them to flower daily again.
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