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Is this lotus or Lotus, anyway? Often the question arises when I post a lotus or Lotus drawing on FB or IG from my friend. Sometimes friends are still confused to distinguish between the two. And obviously this plant is different characters and shapes. Almost like hell, because this flower has a pier that is shaped like a fire burning brightly in the middle. Also equally aquatic plants. I used to be so. Consider the same Lotus or Lotus flower. Hehehe...
It turns out the two flowers are different. I would like to share a little about what the two flower differences are physically as long as I know.
Lotus or also called Nymphaea or Water Lily. Has a petal that is more regular, shaped taper and many stacked. More firmly shaped. The flowers quickly wilted. It blooms in the morning, but by noon, the flowers become withered or buds back. The next day can only bloom again. Shhh ... it seems he is ashamed of the sun. Can last up to three days, tablets and then fall out.
The leaves are round or oval, chained to the handle and stuck in the water. Many grow in swamps. If you're blooming, it's pretty. As far as I encountered, many colors are owned. Pink is dark, purple, yellow, white. The types are also varied. There are large and small flowering. The leaves are also green and red.
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According to Wikipedia, the Lotus has about 50 species scattered from the tropics to the subtropical regions of the world. The lotus grown in the tropics comes from Egypt. Cool, right.
While the flowers of Lotus or Nelumbo Nusifera or Seroja flowers, have wider petals like roses. Flower color type there is pink, yellow, white. The leaves have limbs that rise above the surface of the water.
It can even be one meter in height, loh. The leaves are round like having a layer of wax on it, so that if there is water attached to the leaf, such as grain do not stick. The lotus flower is the national flower of the country of India and Vietnam. The lotus flower has a spiritual meaning and represents purity. This Lotus flower has seeds that supposedly can last up to hundreds of years. Wow ...