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shot this one at a temple on the outskirts of pune they wouldnt let me get ...
Found in the moat of Takada Castle in Joetsu, Niigata.
Order: Proteales
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Genus: Nelumbo
Species: N.
The picture is taken in a green-house in Stockholm.
Native range: China, India, Thailand.