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Posted by SMB on Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:49 pm

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Taken at Longwood Gardens in PA. (USA), this water Lily has one of the largest pads. (The one often pictured with a baby sleeping on it.) The flower only opens at night and starts as a female. A beetle carrying pollen lands in the flower which then closes trapping the beetle. It pollinates the flower and the bloom then becomes male, producing pollen to coat the trapped beetle. When the flower reopens it is pink or purplish, without scent, and quickly retracts back into the water.

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by Gary Briney on Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:39 pm

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Striking lily flower Stan --- Longwood is a really great place for flower photography. Thanks much for including the unusual pollination sequence.

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by PaiR on Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:19 pm

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Love the reflection, choice of exposure and of course the education on these fine flowers.

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by Tom Whelan on Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:10 pm

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Fine image with a lovely reflection.

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by kostas nianiopoulos on Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:27 pm

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very well done

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by Matthew Pugh on Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:05 am

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Hi

A lovely surreal like take upon this subject that works well

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:01 pm

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Fascinating information on this subject! Lovely image of this mystical water lily.

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