(In Germany).
Victoria came to "our" Botanical Garden in 1957, she has her own house even.
She can carry up to 35kg, too! And is the biggest plant to be seen in Germany.
She opens her blossom on only two nights per year in July/August, our water lily (and cause I´m not that big and people didn´t let me through I gave up trying to see that...).
The book says the first night it´s of white, the next of pink color, so she attracts different types of insects, clever "girl", huh.
There are rows of Braunschweig people with their kids to get a pic taken with the (more or less) wee ones in there - too much, too hot, too moist for me!
Did you know... the seeds can survive up to ten years!
Every February up to five "Victorias" make a run for the summer attraction of two nights!
"She" has a new house now.
Thanks to... I kid you not! ... the biggest university fund-raising campaign (the book leaves it like that. Not "of Braunschweig", not "of Germany").
€ 530.000 were given by citizens, the uni itself added € 240.000 (what the heck is so darn expensive with this????)
In May this year she took her first bath in the new place.
OK, she moved in, right.
Why ever this was a "dark story" I have no idea!
(Source)
Lions of the day.
Verkehrswacht makes sure parents know how to teach their kids how to be safe in traffic, offer booster-seats etc.
11 comments:
Victoria looks magnificent but oh wow.. high maintenance 😱 Happy weekend to you both, keep warm ✨
That´s what a lady needs, Grace ;-)
Happy weekend to you two, also... keep cool :-)
Magnificence comes at a high cost! :)
Victoria sounds like a stunner. I can imagine the line-up to see something so beautiful. Love today's lions!
magiceye, that´s sadly true...
Jeanie, yes, it´s quite a queue every time.
Kids sure listen to such Lions, no? As parents, I guess :-)
I think that's the first time I've heard of a Victoria.
You´re welcome.
The water lily is huge! I've seen some in the Adelaide Botanical gardens too, don't think they were as big.
Yes, they´re really impressive, so thick, too.
I have seen leaves like this in the Brisbane botanic gardens but not the flower.
It is only one time a year that you can see it.
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