Wednesday, 14 December 2016

WATERLILIES

Nymphaea (water lily) is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution. White-flowered waterlilies (of several species) are the national flower of Bangladesh.

 The name Nymphaea comes from the Greek term "Νυμφαία", possibly related to "Νύμφη" meaning "nymph". The nymphs in Greek mythology were supernatural feminine beings associated with springs, so the application of the name to delicately flowered aquatic plants is understandable. Despite its common name "water lily" (water-lily, waterlily), Nymphaea is not related to the true lily, Lilium.

 This post is part of the Wednesday Waters meme,
and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.



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6 comments:

  1. carol l mckenna15 December 2016 at 02:30

    Exquisite photos ~ lilies are delightful ~

    Wishing you peace in your days ~ ^_^

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  2. eileeninmd15 December 2016 at 14:37

    Hello, beautiful waterlilies. Lovely scene and photo. Have a happy day!

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  3. MelodyK15 December 2016 at 15:51

    Gorgeous, we have them in our pond to


    Have a nice ABC-Wednesday / _ Week
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  4. Roger Owen Green16 December 2016 at 00:02

    lovely, and great framing
    ROG, ABCW

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  5. NCSue16 December 2016 at 04:56

    Aren't they lovely! Nicely captured.
    Thank you for linking up at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/12/dominus-flevit.html

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  6. Su-sieee! Mac18 December 2016 at 04:27

    Lovely photos of lovely flowers.

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