King Victoria regia king

The Amazon, South America river basin has one of the largest lotus varieties in the world . Leaf diameter up to 2m, largest to 4m, leaf edge bends up like a big pot. The texture of the leaves is very strange: the upper face is light green, smooth, A baby weighing 20-30kg can sit comfortably on the king lotus leaf (Photo: stillpictures) under the red earth with strong veins and bristles, making a "skeleton" set , avoiding being passive living things underneath water. In leaves there are many gas chambers that make the leaves have great buoyancy. A baby weighing 20-30kg can sit comfortably on the king lotus leaf . If the sand on the leaf is spread evenly, the number of sand that can hold up to 75kg has not been sunk yet.

Lotus king is much bigger than lotus, very beautiful. Flowers diameter 30-40cm, in crimson, in addition to white snow, dark blooming, the next morning, again, until evening to bloom again. Flower season gradually changes to dark red to purple red. The second male is far away from the lotus mirror, must be pollinated by insects.

The root of the lotus king is very developed, but without looking, must be propagated by seeds. Flowers bloom for 2-3 days is decaying, lotus mirrors fall down, and seed in the water. Lotus seeds are only as big as beans, but grow very fast. Spring seeded, after 4-6 months of flowering. Lotus seeds are delicious and aborigines are called "domestic corn".

The king lotus has a very strange function to regulate leaf surface and back temperature . In pigment leaf cells called phyllanthus, it is possible to convert light rays into heat, causing the dorsal surface of hot leaves to balance the heat between the two sides of leaves. The long veins and hairs of the thorns have the effect of radiating heat, causing the intense sunshine in the tropics not to burn the lotus leaf. Lotus king blossomed strongly. The temperature in the flower is more than 10 degrees Celsius above the outside temperature, this miracle is still waiting for research scientists to learn.

(Photo: colonialvoyage)