荷花是我国的传统名花,但现有品种多为高大类型,不适作家庭栽培。中国科学院武汉植物研究所从1980年起开展培育小型、多花、重瓣、色美适作家庭栽培的碗莲新品种。选育工作一是通过现有品种红碗莲、白孩莲等品种的自交,从其后代中选择小型的株系,从中选出满江红、小碧台两个品种。二是利用美洲黄色莲花(Nelumbo lutea)与中国荷花的自然 Lotus is a famous traditional flower in our country, but most of existing varieties are tall types and are not suitable for family cultivation. Wuhan Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1980 to start cultivating small, multi-flower, double petal, color beauty suitable for family cultivation of new varieties of bowl lotus. Breeding work First, through the existing varieties of red bowl lotus, white lotus and other varieties of self-selection, from their offspring to choose small strains, from which to choose Azolla, Xiaobai two varieties. The second is the use of the natural American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) and Chinese lotus