Giant Water Lily Blossom
by Jean Wright
Title
Giant Water Lily Blossom
Artist
Jean Wright
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a leaf and blossom of a giant water lily at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. The Giant Water Lily adapts to the environment by growing thorns on the bottom of the leaves to protect itself from fishes and other predator that might want to eat it. Another adaptation is the rim around the edges of the leaves. These rims help protect the leaf from birds and insects that might want to eat the leaves (the rim is a barrier between the insects and the leaf). The third adaptation of this Giant Water Lily is that the flower only lives for three days, it traps the beetles that come to pollinate the flower inside its core and then releases all its pollen on these beetles. This enlarges the percentage of pollen that gets transported to other flowers for pollination. The bottom of the leaf is maroon in color.
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August 6th, 2017
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