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Lotus Flower

Image by paterjt
This is one of many Lotus flowers that covered one of the two ponds at the Wetlands Park in Union Township north of Hamilton, Ohio. These are magnificent flowers and the first ones that I've seen in my life.

Some technical information:
Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus, Bean of India, or simply Lotus, is a plant in the monogeneric family Nelumbonaceae. The Linnaean binomial Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Willd.) and Nymphaea nelumbo, among others. Names other than Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) are obsolete synonyms and should not be used in current works. This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.

A common misconception is referring to the lotus as a waterlily (Nymphaea), an entirely different plant as can be seen from the center of the flower, which clearly lacks the structure that goes on to form the distinctive circular seed pod in the Nelumbo nucifera.[citation needed] Waterlilies come in various colors, whereas the lotus has flowers ranging in hues of white to hot pink.

Native to Tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia, it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. The white and pink lotuses are national flowers of India and Vietnam, respectively.

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lotus bud

Image by angela7dreams
Lotus Flower, Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)

ok, i usually don't say things like this about my own photos, but i give nature all the credit here... i love everything about this image!

Lotus

Image by Naomi Ibuki
I couldn't see best season of lotus flowering this year...
(I would like to see THE MOMENT flowering ...but already finished . I should to go to see them early in the morning) According to my friends, the flowering is based on temperature: Fine, clowdy and rainy day. I wanted to see them "Rainy day!"

::I took this photo before::

Lotus flower beds

Image by The Field Museum Library
Lotus flower beds, accessory studies. 1906.

Name of Expedition: British East Africa
Participants: Carl Akeley
Expedition Start Date: October 8, 1905
Expedition End Date: December 21, 1906
Purpose or Aims: Zoology Mammals
Location: Africa, Kenya, Athi Plains

Original material: Hand-colored glass lantern slide
Digital Identifier: CSZ20104_LS

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