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Water Lily


Water Lily
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Copyright: Greg Hume (greghume) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 110 W: 61 N: 63] (931)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-04
Categories: Nature
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1300 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flower Power, Water lily [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-06-05 19:32
Viewed: 1073
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Fragrant waterlilies are one of the most easily recognized of all the aquatic plants. Beautiful large many-petaled flowers float on the water's surface surrounded by large, round green leaves. Mature Nymphaea odorata leaves are often spherical, cleft at the base, smooth to 25 cm across, often purple on the lower surface, with most of the leaves floating. The leaves are attached to flexible underwater stalks rising from thick fleshy rhizomes.
Left unmanaged, waterlilies will tend to cover a large percentage of the water surface.
The fragrant waterlily is a floating-leaved aquatic perennial herb that grows rooted in mucky or silty sediments in water up to six to seven feet deep. It prefers quiet waters such as ponds, lake margins, and slow streams and will grow in acid or alkaline waters. When unmanaged, it tends to form dense monospecific stands that can cover hundreds of acres and can persist until senescence in the fall.
Beaver, moose, muskrat, porcupine, and deer eat waterlily leaves and roots and waterfowl eat the seeds. Waterlilies also provide excellent cover for largemouth bass, sunfish, and frogs. However, when allowed to grow in dense stands, the floating leaves prevent wind mixing and extensive areas of low oxygen can develop under waterlily beds during the summer. When managed to form a patchy distribution interspersed with open water, waterlilies can provide excellent habitat.
Requests for waterlily control represent a high percentage of the herbicide permit requests in some areas of the US.
PP Raised levels, USM, cropped and saved for web.
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Great Shot! The flower is beautiful!

Beautiful! Simple and beautiful!

Regards,

Carla

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3281 W: 268 N: 7782] (33212)
  • [2005-06-10 17:00]

Ah Greg, this is exuisite, such a beautiful shape and colours. The waterdrops, so small on the odd petal and the yellow stamens look great. Well composed, just perfect. Thank you. And interesting notes too.

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  • egerie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 643 W: 135 N: 266] (1968)
  • [2005-06-21 21:41]

Very interesting note you have here Greg... Nice picture with good clarity and colors... It's well done...
Gisèle

hi Greg,
great photo.nice colours and detail.well done

Onur

Beautiful and sharp.

TFS

Regards, Thanasis.

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