Meet Victoria boliviana, the record-breaking giant waterlily which has been named new to science at Kew after spending 177 years hidden under the surface of our collections. Uncover more about this fascinating discovery: ow.ly/vOvp50JMKnc
@kewgardens Is this in the Waterlily House or POW? BBC are showing Waterlily House, but your pic is the POW.
@kewgardens I presume that it rains where they live in the wild. Given the lip around the floating leaf how do they not just fill up water?
@kewgardens Thank you KEW for sharing this most exciting news re the discovery Victoria Boliviana. Please note that the quoted URL to the related KEW Blog article does not work and the correct URL seems to be: kew.org/about-us/press…
@kewgardens ❤️Ciara O’Sullivan (@kewgardens Head of Communications) kindly advised me that #GiantWaterlily Victoria Boliviana can be seen in #WaterlilyHouse & #PrincessOfWalesConservatory #SummerAtKew @KewScience @Plantmessiah @natalia_chirps @palmsmithy @SDequiret @BillJBaker @visitlondon
@kewgardens Is it a ‘hot’ plant like it’s co generics? Thermogenic flowers?
@kewgardens Hello Kew - can you confirm the plant in the image is of the newly confirmed species? I’m getting confused with all the images doing the rounds with this story (BBC) of lilies that look pretty different!