A.Lotus
STEM: The stem of lotus is called rhizomes, which serve as anchoring and food storage organs. Fibrous roots grow in bunches from the stem internodes, or spaces between where leaves emerge.
ROOTS: Lotus root is the edible rhizome (the subterranean stem) of the lotus plant, a perennial aquatic plant that grows beautiful pink-hued or white flowers. ... Lotus roots are harvested from the beginning of August until fall.
LEAVES: The lotus leaf refers to the leaf of the hydrophyte called lotus, which floats on the water's surface, and is also called Kayo due to the introduction of Chinese herbal drugs. It is also familiar as the leaf of lotus root. The lotus leaf is a representative example in explaining a phenomenon of lotus effect.
FLOWER: Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often refers to members of the family Nymphaeaceae.
B. Water Lily
STEAM: The stem is angular and erect. The leaves grow from the rhizome on long petioles stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem. The flowers rise out of the water or float on the surface, opening during the day or at night.
ROOTS: The roots of a water lily are rhizomes, fleshy tubers that store nutrients. Water lilies live only in fresh water that is shallow and still, around the edges of lakes or in small ponds. The flowers stand above the water on slender stalks.
LEAVES: Water lilies have rounded, variously notched, waxy-coated leaves on long stalks that contain many air spaces and float in quiet freshwater habitats. ... The showy, fragrant, solitary flowers are borne at or above the water surface on long stalks that are attached to the underground stems.
FLOWER: Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 known species.
GUIDE QUESTION:
1.•Both are pond blooming plants that emerge from rhizomes and share a rich color palette, but there are some easy ways to tell them apart: Water lily flowers and leaves are thick and waxy while the lotus' are thin and papery. A water lily also has a recognizable notch in each leaf.
2.•Water Lilies are so special is because of how and where they grow. ... For example, they become a filter and end up purifying the water where they float. This will also help other aquatic plants that live nearby Water Lilies and will also help the fish that can be found in the ponds.
•The Lotus Flower grows in the deep mud, far away from the sun. But, sooner or later, the Lotus reaches the light becoming the most beautiful flower ever. The Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures, especially in eastern religions, as a symbol of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth.
•They have tuberous roots, long stems, fairly circular leaves. Also, the petals of their flowers are numerous, large, rose or white-colored. Insects pollinate their flowers, and as a result, they produce seeds.
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