Growing Pains: the Life and Times of Victoria Cruziana

Discover one of the most challenging and captivating plants we grow at the Botanic Garden, the Santa Cruz waterlily, Victoria cruziana. Find out more about its beetle-kidnapping and sex-change antics in this beautiful film from Ryd Cook and Lizzy Hobbs at Spellbound Animation.

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Who came here cuz of EmKay?

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Me

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Hyoudou Issei I did, also is it just me or does this plant technically rape Beatles?

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Which video

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Me

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Can you guys all please tell me which video this is?

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As someone who's currently growing amazonicas from seed this video is an invaluable resource!

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Just the thought of the pollen and the yellow dots flickering across the screen when it shows the white and pink flowers that LOOK like pollen, makes me feel like sneezing..

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Truly beautiful.

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Please let me know from where l can get, collect seed ln India. I am interested to grow this beautiful plant.

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Emkay Gang

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Thank you for posting. Amazing work!

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beautiful presentation ! tqvm!!

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A stunning plant - I saw it for the first time at CUBG yesterday.
When does it flower?

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Wonderful aquatic plants Victoria cruziana .

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It's a very Wonderful video!! The questions about Victoria water lilies have been resolved.
And if you do not mind, I'm a student of biology in Korea, and I'm trying to create a video about Victoria water lily. Could you please allow me to quote this video?

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wow, amazing plant!

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EmKay, anyone?

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Intresting and Intriguing

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How to store seeds for longer period , in case if I want to delay germination? Please help...

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I ~❤️~ this planet so match.!!

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Wow this is really interesting I didn't know I needed this information

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They look beautiful

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It's amazing how they can support the weight of a small child.

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how long, to flower. and the leaves are enlarged, i am from 🇮🇩 Indonesia 👍

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Can I use some fragments in my video?

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Excellent ❤️❤️❤️ good luck my dear friend ❤️❤️❤️

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I'm from a small state in India and this fruit is eaten extensively and even grows wild... it has a chewy seeds which we break the the dark seedcoat... and some people who have a farm.of these plant even pucks them barehanded ❤❤

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The native plant is Euryale ferox not Victoria cruziana

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Hi, I want to Amazon lily seed from Bangladesh. How it's possible..? Please help me.....

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i want to try this i have plenty of room in my pond

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Did you try it?

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Where can I get seeds of Victoria cruziana......

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try ebay.

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Its very hard to germinate

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What an amazing plant...lol

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I am in Himachal Pradesh in India. Please give me the name ob th

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interesting! I already bought seeds in china

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Sir,
Pl kindly let me know the place of availability of Victoria Cruziana lotus seeds.....

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Pl provide me the address of seeds in China

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subramanyam subramanyam try eBay or Amazon

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interesting

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Don't you like to share the seeds??

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The plant in legend! 😂

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I kinda want to sleep on one

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Water lily

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Came from EmKay

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ok

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Hi - it is in Cambridge, UK. Please see our website www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

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@@CUBotanicGarden thank you for the site address, and for your details shown on sprouting seeds of the Santa Cruz Waterlily. I have seeds for V. Amazonica to sprout, your directions have helped me, much appreciated.

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im like that plant my gender changes

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victoria cruziana?in portuguese the name is victoria regia

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Plants VS Zombies

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uma linda planta roubada da amazônia kkkkkkkkk

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Lotus said Trans rights!