Victoria water lilies are among the largest in the world, spanning up to 10 feet in the Amazon rainforest with sturdy leaf pads that can easily support a small child. It turns out the strongest ones ...

A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting competitors from gardens and zoos around the world. The St. Louis institution has been growing water lilies since 1894. A ...

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Botanical Garden has been cultivating giant Victoria water lilies for well over a century, with the first bloom recorded in 1894. These aquatic marvels are a perennial summer ...

This year's Water Lily Weigh Off was tougher (and more creative) than ever, with contestants holding up cheesecakes, ceramic frogs, and much more. The most wholesome sporting event of the year doesn’t ...

It is pound for pound the greatest test of strength on water... VANESSA CALLAHAN: We first tried testing how much weight our water lily could hold several years ago, and we had heard about people ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — Two rare Victoria water lilies (Victoria 'Longwood Hybrid') have grown to an unusually large size at Bok Tower Gardens this summer. Grown in the Reflection Pool near the Singing ...

An enormous water lily in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens has been discovered to belong to an entirely new species, after 177 years in the gardens’ herbarium. Victoria boliviana is the world’s biggest ...

It took seven years to grow, and the bloom lasted only a few days. For botanist Edward Read, it was worth it. Cultivating a massive Amazonian water lily in a modest concrete basin has been his labor ...

CHINA, 3 November (BelTA - Xinhua). - The Victoria ‘Dreamer,' a new species of Victoria water lily cultivated in southwest China's Yunnan province, was recently approved by an international authority ...

The Atlanta Botanical Garden put its strongest water lilies to the test during a TikTok challenge against botanical gardens across the United States and the United Kingdom. The Denver Botanical Garden ...