Heather Angel / Wetland with cultivated areas of rice, Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and other crops. Peaks in background, view from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.
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Heather Angel / Sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera) seeds removed from the enlarged receptacle. Seeds are combined with rice to form a porridge. Puzhehei, Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China. 2009.
Heather Angel / Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) taken with infra-red thermograph camera. Top of receptacle hottest at 35 degrees Celsius with stamens at 30 degrees Celsius. Cultivated in glasshouse, Surrey, England,...
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Heather Angel / Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in visible light. Cultivated in glasshouse, Surrey, England, UK. Sequence 1/2.
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Heather Angel / Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) seeds embedded in pits in fleshy receptacle. Seeds and rice are made into porridge. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China.
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Heather Angel / Breaking Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifer) fruit to release seeds embedded in pits. Seeds are used together with rice to form porridge. Puzhehei, Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan, China. July 2009.
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Heather Angel / Raindrops on Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) lily pad. Micro nanostructures create an ultrahydrophobic surface so water slides off leaf. Puzhehai National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China.
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Heather Angel / Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower with circular receptacle with raised stigmas surrounded by stamens. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China.
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Heather Angel / Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flowering in Puzhehai Lake with peaks in background. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China. 2009.
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Ernie Janes / Discarded drinks can in clump of Birds foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on Holkham dunes, Norfolk
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Neil Aldridge / Water lily flowers (Nymphaea nouchali) at sunset in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
