July 5, 2012

Anyone else feeling slightly jaded about the fact that this week effectively contains two Mondays? Yeah. Me too. So, to help ease you past the second-Monday-but-not-actually-Monday midday slump, here are some lotuses and water lilies (including ‘Ray Davies’ (but, no, not that Ray Davies)) currently in bloom as part of Monet’s Garden. Hope it helps!~AR

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April 23, 2012
Botany Blueprint: The Lotus Anna Laurent’s quest to obtain the most prized seed pod in her collection—that of the lotus flower—leads her through curio shops in Chelsea, daydreams of Far Eastern market stalls, and the garden of a botanically-inclined opera singer known as Madame Walska. It’s a pleasant story to tie into the case of this strange, well-adapted (and edible) plant. —MN

Botany Blueprint: The Lotus

Anna Laurent’s quest to obtain the most prized seed pod in her collection—that of the lotus flower—leads her through curio shops in Chelsea, daydreams of Far Eastern market stalls, and the garden of a botanically-inclined opera singer known as Madame Walska. It’s a pleasant story to tie into the case of this strange, well-adapted (and edible) plant. —MN

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March 19, 2012
herbspice: lotus seed As the pod of the lotus matures to a dry brown and its compartments open up, it bends toward the water and releases its seeds. Each is then carried off to start a life elsewhere (which can take some time—sometimes decades—as lotus seeds are notoriously stubborn when it comes to germination). So there’s that. —MN

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lotus seed

As the pod of the lotus matures to a dry brown and its compartments open up, it bends toward the water and releases its seeds. Each is then carried off to start a life elsewhere (which can take some time—sometimes decades—as lotus seeds are notoriously stubborn when it comes to germination).

So there’s that. —MN

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August 19, 2011
A pretty waterlily from the Courtyard of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory for your Friday evening. It’s the final weekend of Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra, so come visit the amazing waterlilies and lotuses and enjoy this beautiful show before it’s gone.

A pretty waterlily from the Courtyard of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory for your Friday evening.

It’s the final weekend of Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra, so come visit the amazing waterlilies and lotuses and enjoy this beautiful show before it’s gone.

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