Seed head ID please

[bario1]

Hi, can anyone tell me what this enormous flower seed head is from please? I can see the seeds rattling around in it and I want to see if I can grow them... but not if it’s from a giant tree or a man eating triffid or something!
Size isn’t clear from photos, it’s about the size of half a tennis ball...

[veggiechicken]

Did you grow it or was it in a bought bunch? Poppy if you grew it ---------it won't eat you!

Bought bunch = Lotus, maybe.

[bario1]

Thanks VC, It’s from a bought bunch, but never had petals... if it’s lotus, will it grow here?

[burnie]

Lotus - Water Garden Plants

[mothhawk]

You might find this blog helpful, bario, there are some good photos.

In the Garden: How to grow Lotus from seed....step by step!

[bario1]

Hmmm, that grower is in Florida I think... slightly different climate to Edinburgh!

[mothhawk]

Yes, but the basic steps to germination of the seeds has got to be the same, you just won't have a sub-tropical pond to put them in once they've started to grow.

You'll have to put them in an aquarium and coddle them like tropical fish