Photo Of The Day | 10 July 2022

Biggest Lily Pad In The World

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Each Victoria cruziana lily pad measures up to six feet across ( the largest on record is a whopping eight feet, nine inches wide) with a lush pink-and-white flower in its center. Its underside is violet, and its rim up to eight inches high.

Some of the best Lilly Pad #Photos from the past

In the late 19th century, there was a vogue for taking photographs of people standing on giant lily pads—these are Victoria amazonica in Salem, North Carolina.

A woman stands on top of a Victoria cruziana pad in the lily pond in the Missouri Botanical Gardens in 1902. A wooden sheet helps to distribute her weight and prevent the leaf from ripping.

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