In the autumn festival, the various water lilies in the south garden of the National Botanical Garden are blooming hotly. The blue waves and water lilies are graceful, like a "palette on the surface of the water", attracting many citizens to the park to punch in on weekends.
On the morning of August 7, the weather was still sweltering, and along the lush road of the South Park of the National Botanic Gardens, through several winding paths, a pool of lotus flowers in the "Aquatic and Vines Area" came into view. Red, yellow, pink, purple... Each water lily color is very special. Some are in full bloom, some are invisible in the water like "half covered", some are still budding to be released, some are piled up, and some are "unique". Viewed from the southwest side of the pond, water lilies and lotus leaves of various colors and postures are layered on top of each other, creating a layered beauty. The mischievous duckling under the lotus leaves and the dragonflies that fly and land from time to time add a bit of agility to the tranquility of the pool, causing tourists to frequently press the shutter.
"It was so beautiful! Seeing so many colored water lilies open together for the first time, sitting by the pond, listening to soothing music and the sound of cicadas, I felt like I had come to the painting. "Ms. Wang, who came to the garden for the first time to see water lilies, was very surprised.
"Aquatic and vine plant area" currently collects and cultivates more than 200 species of aquatic and vine plants, of which there are more than 100 varieties of lotus and water lily, of which Wang Lian, which belongs to the water lily family, is particularly concerned. "Wang Lian's single flowering period is only 3 days, good luck to see, I squatted for several days, only met once a few days ago, every day the color is different, especially beautiful." Photography enthusiast Mr. Cheng said. Wang Lian not only has a unique flowering, its leaf structure is also very clever, the leaf back is densely covered with hollow and solid thick leaf veins, making its load-bearing capacity is also very strong, after testing, the diameter of 1.85 meters of leaves can carry about 50 kg of weight.
In addition, in the "Aquatic Plant Room" in the south garden exhibition greenhouse, there are also Amazon king lotus, hybrid king lotus, blue giant water lily, color-changing water lily, extended medicine water lily and other varieties of water lilies for the public to watch.
(Original title: Various water lilies in the South Garden of the National Botanical Garden are blooming vigorously, attracting citizens to punch in on weekends to watch)
Source: Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Xu Yingbo
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