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Nymphaea odorata
Floating, white flowers with many petals and long, yellow stamens. The plant is rooted from rhizomes, which give rise to smooth floating leaves that are covered with a waxy upper coating, which is water-repellent.
Spotted very early in the morning in a large pond next to a mixed forest.
The flowers open each day and close again at night. Once the flowers get pollinated, the developing fruit gets pulled back underwater for maturation.
Spotted on Jul 3, 2017
Submitted on Dec 15, 2017
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