🪷 WATERLILY UPDATE 🪷 How do you make seeds to grow a GIANT waterlily? 🤔 Spoiler: it’s not as simple as you might think. 👀 Watch to the end to find out how we pollinate our mighty Victoria 'Longwood Hybrid' waterlilies – whose lily pads can grow over six feet wide and you can see growing in our Rainforest Biome right now! ✨ | Eden Project

The Victoria amazonica, also known as the giant water lily, is the largest species of water lily in the world. It grows naturally in the calm, shallow waters of the Amazon River Basin. Its enormous circular leaves can reach up to three metres across and are strong enough to support the weight of a small child. The leaves float thanks to a network of air-filled veins on their underside. The plant’s striking flowers open white on the first night to attract beetles for pollination, then turn pink o

32K views · 944 reactions | Scientists discover new species of giant water lily named 'Victoria Boliviana', that grow more than three metres wide Molly Gambhir brings you this report For more videos, visit: wionews.com/videos | WION | Facebook