Garden Pictures Pictures of Nymphaea (26 photos)

Nymphaea violacea.

Nymphaea violacea. (Nymphaea violacea.)

The blue variety on the lagoon.

Marguerite
Marguerite

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By Marguerite

Uploaded on 18 Jul, 2008

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Chrispook
Chrispook

18 Jul, 2008

 

Lovely colour. Ours are all pink.

Marguerite
Marguerite

18 Jul, 2008

 

Are they? Well this is just a native lily on the lagoon. And you know, they eat the stalks too!

Lori
Lori

19 Jul, 2008

 

hmmm... never thought of water lilies as food...make sense now you mention it... a starchy root.

Marguerite
Marguerite

19 Jul, 2008

 

I know they eat them in Bali, but I actually saw these Aboriginal kids dive into that lagoon, fishing them out by the dozens and of course I had to ask what they were going to do with them. Cook them!



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