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 ...

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An international team of scientists has shown that two species of giant water lily are actually three, and that the newly discovered species, at 10.5 feet across, is the largest of the bunch.

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Botanists have discovered a new giant water lily with lily pads that can grow to nearly 10 feet wide. Researchers previously thought there were only two species of giant water lilies. Botanists have ...

Botanists have identified a new species of giant water lily big enough for two people to sit and float on its lily pad. CARLOS MAGDALENA: They look a little bit like a giant frying pan, if you like.