September 7, 2018 by gwenniesgardenworld

GIANT WATER LILY

Last week we visited a botanical garden in Meise near Brussels, and they had a huge greenhouse with plants from all over the world. One of those plants was the giant water lily (Victoria Amazonica), very impressive ! I had seen it on tv and on photo’s but not in real life.

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LEAFS, FLOWERS AND BUDS OF THE GIANT WATER LILY

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A CLOSER LOOK

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BABY LEAF OF THE GIANT WATER LILY

Have a great weekend all !

8 Replies to “GIANT WATER LILY”

Ellen Jennings says:

September 8, 2018 at 2:30 am

Wonderful pictures, Gwennie, and what a wonderful sight!

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1. gwenniesgardenworld says:
  
  September 8, 2018 at 11:14 am
  
  I loved the sight of it !
  
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Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:

September 7, 2018 at 8:57 pm

Wow! They look large enough to walk on! 🙂

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1. gwenniesgardenworld says:
  
  September 8, 2018 at 11:15 am
  
  I think you are a little bit too heavy for that but you can put a small child on the leafs they say.
  
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Claudia says:

September 7, 2018 at 8:16 pm

I have never seen a water lily with curled up edges like that! the water lilies I’ve encountered are more like little circles with flowers on top. Very cool!

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1. gwenniesgardenworld says:
  
  September 8, 2018 at 11:23 am
  
  I’ve seen these on pictures and in documentaries but never in real life, it was one of the reasons I wanted to visit that specific botanical garden. They also have one of the biggest stinky flower on earth, the titan arum (amorphophallus titanum), flowers only 72 hours,is huge and the stench it produces is that of rotting flesh, it was not in flower when we there, I don’t think I could stand the stench !!!
  
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  1. Claudia says:
    
    September 9, 2018 at 5:00 pm
    
    That still would have been cool…to see the stink plant. I love visiting botanical gardens..every plant is so unique.
    
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    1. gwenniesgardenworld says:
      
      September 9, 2018 at 5:31 pm
      
      I would like to see the stink plant but I would not like the smell 😀 But that flower is absolutely beautiful !!!
      
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