Victoria amazonica

The Victoria of Amazonia has Feuille S reaching 3 meters in diameter, floating at the water surface calm of South America.

The Fleur, Hermaphrodite Protérogyne, has 60 Pétale S white-pinks. She fades at the end of two days. The Pollinisation is carried out by a small beetle, Cyclocephala hardyi , which remains there during all the time of flowering, benefitting not only from the Nectar, but also from the heat which the plant provides him.

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