Today, we willtalk about the Giant Water Lily, which is also known as the Amazon water lilyand royal water lily. Water lilies, also known as lily pads, are floweringplants that grow on water, and their leaves are large and round and float onthe surface of the water. The Giant WaterLily is the largest water lily in the world, since its leaves can grow to bearound 3 meters in diameter, or around 10 feet. Imagine a plate that is 3meters long floating on the surface of the water. The stem of the plant can beup to 8 meters long, or up to 26 feet. Their flowers are 40 centimeters indiameter, or 16 inches. An interesting thing about these flowers is when theybloom, the first night the flowers are white, but the second night they arepink. These flowers are also pollinated by beetles instead of bees. The giant waterlily was once an interesting part of the lives of people in the Victorian era.This started when two nobles, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke ofNorthumberland were looking for interesting plants to impress their friends.They decided to compete with each other to be the first to cultivate and bringto flower the giant water lily, which was difficult since the plant was thetropical Amazon basin, but the two nobles live in England, which is a lotcolder.