Victoria Water Lily | Victoria amazonica
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Water Lilies Inspire Reflection
My wife and I enjoy making the pilgrimage every couple of years to Bok Tower Gardens where I photograph the water lilies cultivated at the sanctuary located in central Florida. Like other botanical gardens, this preserve seeks to protect and conserve plant species.
Victoria Water Lily at Bok Tower Photo: Louis Wery
Victoria Water Lily
Victoria amzonica
seven feet or more in diameter
notched to drain water
pineapple-like fragrance
become pink by the second night
A Collection of Water Lily Blossoms
Victoria Water Lilies Ready for Reflection Pool
Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida
Water Lily Flower
Photographed at Florida Botanical Gardens in Clearwater: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turtlemom_nancy/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
Victoria Water Lilies Become Gigantic
Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida
Botanical Gardens Feature Water Lily
Water Gardening: Water Lilies and Lotuses
By Perry D. Slocum, Peter Robinson, Frances Perry
Water Gardening: Water Lilies and Lotuses
Amazon Price: $35.00 (as of 05/28/2012)
List Price: $59.95
Includes 443 color photographs, 3 color illustrations and 76 black-and-white illustrations.
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Victoria Water Lily in the News
- Enchantment from the murky depths
- Although still known primarily as a medicinal plant, the water lily was coming under new scrutiny in Europe as previously unknown species arrived from abroad. In 1847 one such water lily ? the giant Victoria amazonica, then named V regia after Queen ...
- Carol Cole uses everyday objects to create abstract sculptures
- By Victoria Donohoe Carol Cole's "Steinway Mandala," made with parts from a 1920 Steinway grand piano, at Villanova Art Gallery. Carol Cole's sculptures, of several kinds, have always differed more in mood than in style.
- Revenge: Early Aughts Rewind!
- By Lily Sparks Follow May 10, 2012 It was an EARLY AUGHTS REWIND on Revenge last night (does it make anyone else feel wizened that 2002 was a decade ago? Ugh, I was in college getting "strung out" on curly fries and experimenting with short-shorts).
- Gardeners led down the garden path
- Hostas attract slugs and the lily beetle is an unwelcome predator this year. Remedies include an ammonia solution (one part ammonia to nine parts of water) to kill slugs and the lily beetle can be deterred by green tea. Our plant sale is in Victoria ...
Blog Posts fabout Victoria Water Lily
- Enchantment from the murky depths
- Although still known primarily as a medicinal plant, the water lily was coming under new scrutiny in Europe as previously unknown species arrived from abroad. In 1847 one such water lily ? the giant Victoria amazonica, then named V regia after Queen ...
- Carol Cole uses everyday objects to create abstract sculptures
- By Victoria Donohoe Carol Cole's "Steinway Mandala," made with parts from a 1920 Steinway grand piano, at Villanova Art Gallery. Carol Cole's sculptures, of several kinds, have always differed more in mood than in style.
- Revenge: Early Aughts Rewind!
- By Lily Sparks Follow May 10, 2012 It was an EARLY AUGHTS REWIND on Revenge last night (does it make anyone else feel wizened that 2002 was a decade ago? Ugh, I was in college getting "strung out" on curly fries and experimenting with short-shorts).
- Gardeners led down the garden path
- Hostas attract slugs and the lily beetle is an unwelcome predator this year. Remedies include an ammonia solution (one part ammonia to nine parts of water) to kill slugs and the lily beetle can be deterred by green tea. Our plant sale is in Victoria ...
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Is standing on a lily pad like walking on water?
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ellagis
Jul 2, 2011 @ 2:52 pm | delete
- beautiful photos, and very interesting lens
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raphaelo
Nov 30, 2010 @ 11:17 am | delete
- Very impressive lense about water lily! Thanks for creating :)
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mbgphoto Sep 20, 2010 @ 1:26 pm | delete
- Beautiful water lilies. I especially love the purple one. Sounds like a wonderful gardens to visit. Blessed.
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Monet: Water Lilies: The Complete Series
By Jean-Dominique Rey & Denis Rouart
Monet: Water Lilies: The Complete Series
Amazon Price: $29.00 (as of 05/28/2012)
Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny. This volume is dedicated to those paintings, and opens with a biography of Monet that links the artist's childhood passion for nature and for drawing to his later fascination with light.
Garden Travels Water Lilies Honey
By Dave Egbert
Garden Travels Water Lilies Honey
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 05/28/2012)
Dave travels to explore the Living Jewels of the Pond Garden: Water Lilies at Denver Botanic Garden; Then he enjoys the sweet taste of the garden: harvesting organic Honey with Helene Marshall.
