#giant water lily

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n388_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe. A Gand :chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur,1845-1880.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27560874

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Nature is amazing...each one of those at the end is up to two meters across!! This is a great example of the absolutely masterful cinematography and music in this entire series.

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Discover Guyana's Amazing National Flower: A Simple Guide

Guyana national flower

Come along on a journey to explore the beautiful plants of Guyana, focusing on the incredible Guyana National Flower. This guide will help you understand why this flower is special, what makes it unique, and how people are working to keep it safe.

The Wonderful Victoria Amazonica

Let's talk about Guyana's national flower, the Victoria Amazonica, also called the Giant Water Lily. It's like a star in a play, standing out for its big leaves and lovely flowers, showing off the beauty of Guyana.

What's Cool about It?

Learn about the amazing things that make the Victoria Amazonica special. Its huge leaves, some as big as six feet, float on the water like magic, and the pretty flowers tell a story about how strong and beautiful Guyana's nature is.

Keeping It Safe

Guyana is doing its best to take care of its national flower. Discover the important work happening to protect the Victoria Amazonica and where it lives so that people in the future can enjoy its beauty too.

Read also https://flowerjoyful.com/guyana-national-flower/

In Summary

To sum it up, Guyana's National Flower, the Victoria Amazonica, is like a symbol of how amazing nature is in the country. Let's appreciate its beauty and work together to make sure it stays safe for the next generations. Explore, learn, and lend a hand to keep Guyana's floral legacy alive!

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Can't find my post on the Giant Water Lily from when I was watching The Green Planet so I'll just make it a separate post because I just found the excerpt

Vicious, plant on plant violence

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Fact of the Day 16.11.22 As it grows, the shoot of the giant water lily forms a spiked club that is swung round in circles by the plant to clear space for the lilly pad to grow.

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Uape Jacana giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

by Brian Henderson

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Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

Victoria amazonica or Victoria Water Lily growing nicely in the tropics here. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

A native of South America, this giant water lily was so named in honour of Queen Victoria of England in 1837 who had ascended the throne that year. It was an era when many exotic plants, such as this water lily, were cultivated.

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Spite, Deeply Rooted

My colleague Charles had never really believed that back before I started working at the botanical garden, I’d been part of the team that invented the regenerating fluid we often used to revive plants. Originally, the fluid had been developed to restore species at the brink of extinction, especially those with specific properties advantageous to human health. As long as there was still a hint of life in them, we could save them—but whenever I referred to my university past, Charles probably assumed I’d made the coffee for the scientists, if anything at all.

I knew the value of my achievements, knew that the initial spark of the idea that led to the assembly of a team had been my own; I didn’t need Charles to acknowledge any of that. But even though I had nothing to prove to that guy, we did work together practically every day, and part of me wanted to be seen.

I could tell you that I was inspired by the sight of ripped leaves or brown spots in the greenhouse and simply wanted to help the plants, but what really motivated me to work on a new experiment was Charles’ condescension. I understand now that I took it too far: when I realised that the solution I sought lay in fusing animal material to plant matter, my easiest source of cells without a cell wall was my own human skin, which I was constantly shedding anyway, and therefore didn’t value as much as perhaps I should.

Not every experiment has the desired result; that’s why they’re experiments. Charles laughed at the monstrosity I’d grown amidst the giant water lilies, with its twisted claws and long human tongues. But this morning, when one of those wriggling tongues licked right across Charles’ face and left a trail of slimy latex and irritating hair, I was just as proud of this particular result as I’d been of the one that still continues to save lives.

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[Image description: Photo of an abstract statue in tones of green, orange, and red, standing in the middle of a pond with lots of giant water lilies at the surface. Behind the statue there are more green plants, and above it is the metal construction of the greenhouse’s roof.]

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The creature didn’t dare leave the car. Too worried to get snatched and carried off by seagulls. Better to observe from a safe distance.

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Aqua Reiga being a FF!16 song? More likely then you think!

Also fitting for her when you learn that Aqua Regia is also a fuming acid liquid that melts royal metals(gold, platinum, etc...).

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My dreams are a mixture of very over the top stuff like with mermaids and flying by jumping on air one piece style with some horror elements and like hunger games shit and then very realistic stuff that might've just happened irl if I didn't know it couldn't have to the point where I start doubting my own sanity

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Dang that's cool!

The Brave Barbarian justly defeats the Frog Sorcerer.

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Check out this video of a Giant Water lily opening up. It uses a spike club to clear it's path Another example of natures wonders and mysteries!