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Giant water lily

WHAT IS IT?

It’s the world’s largest water lily – and has been hiding under the and – the two previously known varieties of giant water lily. Working with partners in Bolivia that donated seeds (to compare with and ) and the botanical illustrator Lucy Smith, he was able to prove his hypothesis.

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