The lotus flower
The lotus flower is a unique flower because it flourish above water, or swamp, because it is one of the habitat is above the water surface, lotus flower will breed itself even if only put one lotus in a location, besides this lotus flower Usually will bloom at night.
The lotus (Nymphaea) is the genus name for aquatic plants of the Nymphaeaceae tribe. In English known as water-lily or waterlily. In Indonesia, the lotus is also used to refer to plants of the genus Nelumbo (lotus). In ancient times, people were often mixed up between Nelumbo genus plants like seroja with the genus Nymphaea (lotus). In Nelumbo, flowers are on the surface of the water (not floating), red flushed petals (white to yellow lotus), the leaves are full circle and the rhizome is usually consumed.
Plants grow on a calm surface. Flowers and leaves are on the surface of the water, coming out of the stems coming from rhizomes that are in the mud at the bottom of a pond, river or swamp. The stem is in the middle of the leaf. The round leaves or wide oval shape are cut off on the fingers leading to the stalk. Leaf surface does not contain a layer of wax so that water that falls onto the surface of the leaves does not form a grain of water.
The uniqueness of the Lotus Flower
The lotus is a unique water plant. The lotus grows in very muddy water (dirty, brown), the color of the flowers is more brilliant. The color of flowers when white is whiter, if red is red, if pink more bright color.
The History of the Lotus Flower
In ancient Egypt, lotus and lotus grow on the banks of the Nile. Nymphaea caerulea and Nymphaea lotus are two species that come from Egypt. Flowers N. caerulea is only a day old, blooming in the morning and drowning under the water at dusk. The flower of N. lotus blooms at night and buds in the morning. The relics of these two types of native Egyptian lotuses are found in the tomb of Ramesses II.
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