Victoria boliviana, a new species of waterlily, was discovered at Kew this summer after being mistaken for Victoria amazonica for over 177 years https://t.co/IMnRRlRxFx

Our Illustrations collection contains some wonderful lithographs of V. amazonica by Walter Hood Fitch.

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This illustration of Victoria amazonica by William Sharp is among the first and finest examples of American chromolithography published in the 1854 book Victoria Regia or The Great Water Lily of America.

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🐟 Arboretum Amazonicum
Pará: Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia, 1900-1988.
https://t.co/Lqg8KUFKWx

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🐟 Arboretum Amazonicum
Pará: Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia, 1900-1988.
https://t.co/TF9tDWMQhd

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A random page of amazonica drawn 8 years ago today.

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Vincent chillin on giant lily pads o3o

plant: Victoria amazonica (the pattern on the leaves are hard to mimic o3o)

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E aqui vão os gatinhos da Gis e do Moco. Obrigada pela ajuda na campanha Amazonia Contra covid que bateu a meta lindamente e seguem recebendo doações pra comunidade Indigenas da região amazonica🥰 https://t.co/H3W1D7EZKb

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An adorable vaporeon chilling on a Victoria Amazonica.

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On her first Brazilian expedition, Margaret Mee visited the in Belém before exploring the Gurupí River. There, she painted flowers like the lily Eucharis amazonica. Learn more in our new Margaret Mee: https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx

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«Cuando el último árbol caiga, cuando el último río se seque, entenderás que el dinero no se puede comer.»
Si el presidente Bolsonaro deja quemar la selva Amazonica, esto no es nomas un problema para Brasil. Es una crisis ambiental mundial.

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The Book of the Month case features an original color lithograph of the Victoria amazonica from the book "Victoria regia; or, The great water lily of America," by John Fisk Allen, with illustration by William Sharp. See this species in our Conservatory Pools. 🌸✨

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Another ArtFight attack on ! Here are Wan(tiger taur) and Yeno(skunk) being on a victoria amazonica leaf.
Theme: https://t.co/MZOD3xhEyc

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One of six magnificent colour lithographs to be found in an 1854 work by John Fisk Allen documenting the amateur botanist's attempts to propagate the Victoria amazonica in the more northerly climes of his hometown of Salem — https://t.co/IWRItSAVK0

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Amazon Water Lilies (Victoria amazonica) are white the first night that they open, and on the second night, they turn pink. by William Sharp for John Fisk Allen, Victoria regia (1854). Contributed to by : https://t.co/KhrKdfDWft

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Quick sketch of Victoria amazonica Any thoughts of which animals might benefit from its huge circular leaves?

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