The plant, nymphaea thermarum ... and London spent years trying to cultivate it from a dwindling supply of seeds. Two years ago, with just two batches of seeds remaining, Kew horticulturalist ...

The Nymphaea thermarum was discovered in 1987 by ... to persuade the water lily to grow from the remaining precious seeds. He realized that unlike all other water lilies, the Nymphaea thermarum ...

India (Bombay Presidency): roots and seeds eaten; elsewhere: occasionally the receptacles of the flowers eaten. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): rhizome and seeds eaten.

Here, we report that Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. (a cultivar of var. cernua), a large aquatic member of the family Nymphaeaceae, indulges in a primitive form of insectivory and represents the ...

The Nymphaea thermarum, also known as the pygmy Rwandan water lily, vanished from a conservatory at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew on Thursday between 8.30am and 2.55pm. The plant is one of the ...