八十年代起碗莲开始进入寻常百姓家。因其植株小巧玲珑,以日常生活中用的碗作培养容器,具有光洁美观、典雅别致的优点,宜于家庭欣赏,有浓厚的生活气息。厦门碗莲尤其适合阳台莳养,可植于口径17～25厘米的盆、碗内,株高不超过20厘米,叶仅有小碗口大小,花径10～15厘米,小而繁密。单瓣极易开花,一盆开花可多达10朵以上。在厦门,每年的三月,细小的地下茎便开始自水底冒出新叶,新叶小而带毛,有红色脉纹,极为娇嫩可爱。生长不久,绿莹莹的小圆叶便如一把把小伞一样亭亭玉立在水面上。厦门碗莲花期早,5月现花,洁白端庄。一尘不染,悠然吐芬。群体花期长,陆续可开三四十天,这在荷花品种 Eighties from the bowl began to enter the homes of ordinary people. Because of its small and exquisite plants, bowl for daily use for culture containers, with clean and beautiful, elegant and unique advantages, suitable for family appreciation, a strong life style. Xiamen bowl lotus is particularly suitable for balcony cultivation, can be planted in a caliber 17 ~ 25 cm pots, bowls, height no more than 20 cm, leaves only small bowl size, flower diameter 10 ~ 15 cm, small and dense. Single petal is easy to flowering, flowering can be as many as 10 or more. In Xiamen, in March of each year, small underground stems begin to emerge from the bottom of new leaves, new leaves small and hairy, red veins, very delicate and lovely. Growing soon, Green Yingying’s small leaves like a slim umbrella as slim standing on the water. Xiamen bowl early flowering, May is the flower, white and dignified. Spotless, leisurely spit Fen. Long flowering groups, one after another to open three or four days, which Lotus varieties