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Chance Instagram sighting leads to discovery of rare giant water lily in Colombia
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What happened
colombiana joins the pantheon of nature's giants with pads measuring up to 2 meters (6.6 feet) across. A new paper published in the journal Phytotaxa describes a new species in the genus Victoria, the Colombian giant water lily (Victoria colombiana). With only three other known species in the genus, V.
Sources & evidence
- Phys.org Reporting source
Chance Instagram sighting leads to discovery of rare giant water lily in Colombia โ
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-chance-instagram-sighting-discovery-rare.html