The Naples Botanical Garden's water lily in Florida came second with a lift of 135 pounds and the Royal Botanic Garden's water lily in Edinburgh, Scottland, came third with a lift of 105.8 pounds.

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The Missouri Botanical Garden won first place by piling 142 pounds on a Victoria water lily pad floating in the pond across from the Climatron. At 5 feet across, it was the largest pad in the pool ...

MoBOT credits its super-strong lily pads mainly to Missouri's climate, 2024's long and hot summer and the garden's heated water lily pool.

A newly identified species of water lily is also the largest of its kind, with lily pads up to 3.2 metres wide and flowers that are each larger than a human head. “The lily pads could definitely ...

A new species of giant water lily has been discovered - and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. The huge plant had been in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and was ...

KSTP reporter Brandi Powell gave 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at what goes into one of visitors’ favorite parts of the zoo: The lily pads in the iconic water gardens.