Earlier this summer we replaced our old - and regularly leaking - pond with a free-standing disused whiskey barrel, which I cleaned and lined before populating with some fish and new plants. This included a waterlily, which we've not tried keeping before as the previous pond was too small and shallow to fit much in.
After a few weeks, and likely thanks to the intense sunshine we've had during August 2022, it suddenly burst into flower one morning, the bud having pushed its way up to - and then above - the surface of the water over the previous few days.
