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Nenuphar

Nymphaea alba

Description:

For hundreds of years, roots of the waterlilies were crushed and mixed with wine by monks and nuns because of their anaphrodisiac properties.

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6 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Hayde,typically we would create two spottings.
You should separate the pink variety and the white variety in to two different spottings.

surekha
surekha 12 years ago

Lovely shots, all of them! Especially the second one!

hayde
hayde 12 years ago

Yeah, the first looks like one

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Isn't it Nymphaea Pygmea Rubra

hayde
hayde 12 years ago

Thanks Ashish! There are so many kinds of them!

hayde
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hayde

Płock, województwo mazowieckie, Poland

Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 25, 2011

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