The lotus flowers

I bought 8 lotuses bulbs in this the spring. Today, the lotus flowers have came come into bloom!
There are several kinds of lotuses in China. I planted two of them. One is the water lily, the other is the Bowl of Ephraim. The Bowl of Ephraim is smaller. It can be planted in a bowl.
There is a Chinese poem written by a famous poet named Zhou Dunyi who lived in 1000 years ago. He wrote: I only like the lotus. She lives in the sludge, but never smear smudged; waving in the water, but it is not coquettishly, seductively charming at all; stands gracefully erect above the water, emitting a faint scent.
Because of this famous poem, all Chinese people like lotus flowers very much. In our eyes, the lotus is just like a girl of noble and unsullied character, you could just may only admire it.
When I saw my lotus flowers were opened, I felt very happy. They are beautiful and graceful. The following is the a picture of one of them.

Sophia, 

The flower is lovely.  Thank you for sharing this.

Terasee

The Lotus Flowers

I bought 8 lotuses lotus roots 1in this spring. Today, they bloomed lotus flowers have came into bloom!

There are several kinds of lotuses in China. I planted two of them. One is water lily2, tof them is the other is "Bowl of Ephraim" . The Bowl of Ephraim which is smaller and can be . It can be planted in a bowl.

There is a Chinese poem written by a famous poet named Zhou Dunyi who lived in about 1000 years ago. He wrote: "I only like the lotus. She It lives in the sludge, but never smear soiled; waving inthe water.  Never, but it is not coquettish nor in a seductively charming at all manner; it stands gracefully erect3 tall in grace above the water emitting exuding a faint fragrance. scent."

Because of this famous poem, all the Chinese people like the lotus very much. In our eyes, the lutus lotus is just like symbolizes a girl of noble and unsullied character - an admirable quality.  , you could just admire it. 4.

When I saw my lotus bloomed  flowers opened, I felt very happy. They are beautiful and graceful. The following is the picture.

Thank you for enlightening me that the "Bowl of Ephraim" can be grown in a pot.  Now I shall go and try planting one.  I never had the experience of enjoying the fragrance of lotus.  It would be great when it seeded, you can send me some :)

1.  There are many kinds of lotus but this one which I assumed and verified by the photo is the Nelumbo Nucifera or the "sacred lotus".  Technically speaking, they do not grow from bulbs but from swollen roots. 

2.  Water lilies and lotus are different species.  Lotus leaves grow out of the water while water lilies remain on the surface of water.

http://www.simple-expressions.org/2007/12/is-lotus-different-from-water-lily.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070730155643AA3Vwcp

3.  Try not to use "erect" in this sort of situation.  This is because "standing erect" have other unsavory meaning.  Check a good dictionary.  I don't want you to misuse this word especially when you are a female.  One of the mine fields in languages.

4,  The way you express in English is not good at all.  What you mean is that women are like to be seen and never to be touched.  In other words, they are just frigid beauties; display trophies for men.