May 4, 2013
Exciting carnivorous plant news everybody! An unusual aquatic bladderwort last seen on the Isle of Man in 1998 has been rediscovered in a pond. The plant lives in very nutrient poor conditions, and makes up for it by using small sacks (the bladder in the name) to capture tiny aquatic invertebrates like water fleas. The plant is also common to the other British Isles.  Always fun to get introduced to a new carnivorous plant though, isn’t it? ~AR (via BBC News - Carnivorous plant rediscovered in the Isle of Man)

Exciting carnivorous plant news everybody! An unusual aquatic bladderwort last seen on the Isle of Man in 1998 has been rediscovered in a pond. The plant lives in very nutrient poor conditions, and makes up for it by using small sacks (the bladder in the name) to capture tiny aquatic invertebrates like water fleas. The plant is also common to the other British Isles.  Always fun to get introduced to a new carnivorous plant though, isn’t it? ~AR

(via BBC News - Carnivorous plant rediscovered in the Isle of Man)

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April 27, 2013
Victoria Regia Water Lily at Pantanal Matogrossense, Brazil While we have published many photos of the awesome Victoria waterlily being grown at the NYBG, I’m not sure we’ve ever shown them in the wild. So, here you go! ~AR

Victoria Regia Water Lily at Pantanal Matogrossense, Brazil

While we have published many photos of the awesome Victoria waterlily being grown at the NYBG, I’m not sure we’ve ever shown them in the wild. So, here you go! ~AR

(Source: lalulutres, via condenasttraveler)

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August 14, 2011
Pat, the blogger behind the very pretty website Mille Fiori Favoriti came to the Garden and fell hard for the waterlillies and lotuses in the Conservatory Courtyard. I mean, can you blame her? See all of Pat’s beautiful photos here.

Pat, the blogger behind the very pretty website Mille Fiori Favoriti came to the Garden and fell hard for the waterlillies and lotuses in the Conservatory Courtyard. I mean, can you blame her? See all of Pat’s beautiful photos here.

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Filed under: Waterlilies Lotuses Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Conservatory Courtyard Waterlily Pool Aquatic Plants 
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