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Nymphaea caerulea
Purple and yellow flower on top of stalks that rise above the flat, green and purple, round leaves. "The leaves are broadly rounded, 25–40 cm across, with a notch at the leaf stem. The flowers are 10–15 cm in diameter." - Wikipedia
Pond at Balboa Park. "Its original habitat may have been along the Nile and other locations in East Africa. It spread to other locations, however, already in ancient times, like the Indian Subcontinent and Thailand." - Wikipedia
Aka Egyptian Blue Lily or Sacred Blue Lily. "It was considered extremely significant in Egyptian mythology, since it was said to rise and fall with the sun. Consequently, due to its colourings, it was identified, in some beliefs, as having been the original container, in a similar manner to an egg, of Atum, and in similar beliefs Ra, both solar deities. As such, its properties form the origin of the lotus variant of the Ogdoad cosmogeny." - TrekNature
Spotted on Jul 21, 2012
Submitted on Jul 23, 2012
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