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Wicked Blue

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2. Wow! Thank you for posting this, Judi Lynn

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:02 PM

Sep 4

I love water lilies, and I've seen these giant ones at Kew and at Longwood Gardens. But I didn't know about the fascinating life cycle of the flowers, the beetles, or the amazing structure of the leaves.

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TY. Seen these at our NY (Bronx) Botanical Garden.... electric_blue68 Sunday #3