One of the striking sights at Kew (among many) are the giant lilies in the Waterlily house. There are lilies on an outside pond there too:
But the lilies in the Waterlily House are of a different scale altogether. Growing in a circular indoor pond, they are feet across, with raised rims like giant dinner plates. Amongst these Brobdingnagian leaves, flowers bloom, in a rich, humid and tropical atmosphere that adds to the overall effect of being inside a fairy story. Discovered in Bolivia in 1801, these Victoria Cruziana have been a source of wonder to successive generations of visitors. Here in their UK home they are free to attain their full size and to flower.
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