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Other names for water lily

Zi Wu Lian, pink water lily, wild water lily, dwarf water lily, pygmy water lily

Morphological characteristics of water lily

The leaves of the water lily are round or nearly round, and may also be ovate, while some varieties are lanceolate or arrow-shaped; the leaf margins are entire, but the leaf margins of tropical water lilies are wavy; the upper surface of the leaf is green and glossy, while the underside is purplish red, and the surface of some varieties has dark brown spots or mottled coloration; the veins may be obvious or may not be very obvious. In a few varieties of tropical water lilies, small plantlets grow between the top of the large sinus and the point where the leaf stalk is attached, commonly known as "vivipary".

The flower of the water lily is composed of organs such as sepals, petals, stamens and pistils, style, carpel, and flower stalk.The flowers are solitary and bisexual. There are about 4-5 sepals, green or purplish red, with black dots in the green, and the shapes include lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or oblong. The flower buds are long peach-shaped or peach-shaped; the petals are usually ovate, broadly ovate, oblong, or oblong, and the petal tips are relatively pointed or slightly blunt. Flower colors include red, pink, blue, purple, white, etc. Petals may be single, multi-petaled, or double. Therefore, the size, shape, and color of the petals all vary by variety. This creates a gorgeous appearance. The ovary is superior to perigynous; before the flower opens, the stamens wrap around the upper part of the carpels, and after maturity they open into a sickle shape; the sepals, petals, stamens, etc. are arranged in a spiral on the receptacle above the ovary wall. The carpels are arranged in a ring and embedded within the receptacle and are connate, with the upper styles separate, and the stigma filamentous, centered on a milky protrusion, appearing funnel-shaped, secreting stigmatic fluid at maturity, and the stigmatic fluid mainly contains glucose, sugars, and amino acids to attract insects for pollination.

The fruit of the water lily is irregular to hemispherical, matures in water, and dehisces irregularly; the seeds are relatively small, oval or spherical; most have an aril.

The water lily is a perennial floating-leaved aquatic herbaceous plant, with a relatively thick rhizome, erect or creeping.

The flower language of the water lily

Like China's lotus, the water lily is regarded as the embodiment of holiness and beauty, and is often used as an offering to goddesses. In the New Testament, there is also the saying, "a holy thing, emerging from mud yet unstained."