Pairat Songpanich
Nonthaburi, Thailand
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I'm 50 years old, married with two kids, 14 and 16. I live in
Nonthaburi, Thailand. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural
Science and work with Rubber Research Institute, Thai Department
of Agriculture, in Bangkok. |
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I used to grow orchids in my leisure time. The impression of
a lovely Nymphaea 'Perry's Fire Opal', some years ago,
ignited my interested in growing waterlilies at home. I started
hybridizing hardy waterlilies and have many new cultivars of
them in the field. I have received much invaluable advice from
Dr. Slearmlarp Wasuwat, who was my instructor and also my former
boss, on the selection of the new cultivars. |
Hardy waterlily parents in cement bowls on my rooftop garden
for hybridizing. |
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New hybrids in the selection field. |

Gallery
My 'Tan-khwan' was the
IWGS Best New Hardy
Waterlily in 2006. |

Gallery
'Miss Siam' was the
IWGS Best New Hardy
Waterlily in 2007. |

I will announce
a very special new
hybrid soon. |
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I'm an amateur photographer. I have been an award winner in six
years of the Nikon Photo Contest International (NPCI) and have
won awards in some other major contests in my country. I like
swimming and diving, as well as taking underwater photographs. |

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"Surreal Racing"
Third Place
Nikon Photo Contest International 1988-1989 |
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"Undersea Life #1"
Grand Prize
Nikon Photo Contest International 1991-1992 |
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Pairat has sent a large group of stunning images for the galleries.
This small sample should whet the appetite for the rest. |
Pairat
Songpanich's Galleries of Waterlily, Lotus and Victoria Images
Diversity
of Waterlily Seedlings in a Single Hybridization
More Diversity of Waterlily
Seedlings in a Single Hybridization
Read about Pairat's N. 'Pink Ribbon' in WGI ONLINE
Journal 1.3
Flowering Habits of Hardy Waterlilies in the
Tropics in
WGI ONLINE
Journal 2.1
The
Waterlily: View Through the Lens
Should Nymphaea mexicana be Pod or Pollen Parent? in
WGI ONLINE
Journal 2.2
Hybrids of a Reciprocal Cross in
WGI ONLINE
Journal 3.1
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