Spanish Name: Lirio Gigante del Agua

Size:  2 meters in diameter, stem can reach up to 6 meters.

Life span: many years

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Revised by:Alexandra

Mariano
 

Predators:  fish and wildlife.
 

• The Giant Water Lilies are very large so they can soke in lots of sunlight. 
•  Also they have thorns so that their predetors wouldn't eat them. 
•  They have roots but they are not in the soil and it lets them float around.

Interesting Facts:

• The water lily is a huge floating plant that floats above the water. 

• Usually the lily has white female flowers and also pink male flowers.
•   The flowers are the size of soccer balls.
• The plants come from seeds that come from water that rises 10 cm. a day.  
• Soon it will produce 5-10 leaves a month.
•   The giant lilies provide food for fish and wildlife.
• The pollinators  are large scarab beatles.
• Seeds form it takes a year to germinate. 
  

 Bibliography: 

• "GIANT WATER LILY FLOWER" Amazon Plants Amazon Plants. 19 Mar. 2003                    <http://www.junglephotos.com/plants/waterplants/watplnts.html> 

• "Babel Fish Translation" Altavista Altavista. 19 Mar. 2003 <http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr>

• Stallar, Robert. "The Life Cycle of the Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica" University of Colorado.  University of Colorado.. 19 Mar. 2003 <http://spot.colorado.edu/~stallard/Victoria.htm>
  

           Guillermo, Phoebe

• Picture:

• http://ianadamsphotography.bizland.com/store/media/gardens_wsgalopl.jpg

• http://www.junglephotos.com/plants/waterplants/gwlilflwr.html