Bill Text: TX HCR24 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating Nymphaea Texas Dawn as the official State Waterlily of Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR24 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HCR24-Introduced.html
  82R2630 JH-D
 
  By: Darby H.C.R. No. 24
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The State of Texas traditionally has recognized a
  variety of official symbols as tangible representations of the
  proud character and colorful heritage of the Lone Star State;
  select plant varieties, including the bluebonnet and the prickly
  pear cactus, have received official recognition, which has served
  to draw attention to the great biological diversity of our
  landscape; and
         WHEREAS, Texas supports not only an abundance of land-based
  plants but also many aquatic species, and one particular type of
  waterlily comes to the forefront as an especially worthy symbol of
  the state: Nymphaea Texas Dawn; and
         WHEREAS, A hardy and exceptionally lovely plant, Nymphaea
  Texas Dawn is a hybrid that was created in 1985 by Texas resident
  Kenneth Landon, a world-renowned expert in the field of Nymphaea
  and the director of the International Waterlily Collection in San
  Angelo; described as one of the most stunning yellow waterlilies to
  be introduced in more than a century, N. Texas Dawn frequently
  blooms 10 inches above the surface of the water in clusters of six
  or more; in early spring, the base of the petals produces a light
  orange glow, and in late summer and fall, the flowers may suffuse
  with pink; and
         WHEREAS, In 1990, N. Texas Dawn received the American Award
  from the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society (IWGS);
  more recently, it was accorded top ranking among aquatic plants in
  the rigorous Texas Superstar program of the Texas Cooperative
  Extension of Texas A&M University, and the species is listed by
  other hybridizers as a parent for more than a dozen named
  waterlilies; and
         WHEREAS, N. Texas Dawn has been featured prominently at the
  International Waterlily Collection in San Angelo, which was
  established by Mr. Landon in 1988 in a little-used pond in Civic
  League Park; in the years since, the collection has become
  recognized as one of the most important exhibits of its kind in the
  world, and it was the focal point of the 2010 symposium of the IWGS;
  the presence of this widely admired facility has given Texas great
  prominence among water gardening enthusiasts, and it makes the
  designation of N. Texas Dawn as the state waterlily all the more
  appropriate; and
         WHEREAS, This noteworthy species is the first waterlily to be
  named for Texas, and its unique beauty and resilient character
  indeed make it a fitting symbol for the Lone Star State; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby designate Nymphaea Texas Dawn as the official State
  Waterlily of Texas.
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