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Nymphaea alba

Photo by hayde
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Field Notes

Description:

For hundreds of years, roots of the waterlilies were crushed and mixed with wine by monks and nuns because of their anaphrodisiac properties.

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Nymphaea alba

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Comments (6)
HemaShah
@ Hayde,typically we would create two spottings. You should separate the pink variety and the white variety in to two different spottings.
surekha
Lovely shots, all of them! Especially the second one!
hayde
Yeah, the first looks like one
Ashish
Isn't it Nymphaea Pygmea Rubra
hayde
Thanks Ashish! There are so many kinds of them!
Ashish
Here is your plant.. http://www.pondplantsdirect.co.uk/waterlily_guide.htm

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PublishedAugust 25, 2011

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