Loic Poidevin / Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in flower in botanic garden, Vendee, France, July.
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Heather Angel / Wetland with areas of rice and Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) surrounded by peaks. View from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.
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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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Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Xinqing National Wetland Park, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China. July 2016.
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Loic Poidevin / Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in flower in botanic garden, Vendee, France, July.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Indian, or Sacred Lotus flowers (Nelumbo nucifera) growing in the East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Raindrops on the leaves of Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Xinqing National Wetland Park, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Raindrops on the leaves of Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Xinqing National Wetland Park, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Raindrops on the leaves of Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Xinqing National Wetland Park, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Indian / Sacred Lotus flower bud (Nelumbo nucifera) edible plant, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Local man collecting Indian / Sacred Lotus flower stalks (Nelumbo nucifera) for food, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China. June 2018
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Local man collecting Indian, or Sacred Lotus flower stalks (Nelumbo nucifera) to eat, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China. June 2018
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Local man collecting Indian, or Sacred Lotus flower stalks (Nelumbo nucifera) to eat, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China. June 2018
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Raindrops on the leaves of Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Xinqing National Wetland Park, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Indian / Sacred Lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera) edible plant, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Edwin Giesbers / RF - Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Edwin Giesbers / Blue waterlily (Nymphaea caerulea) flower. Occurs in Africa and Asia .Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium, August.
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Edwin Giesbers / RF - Blue waterlily (Nymphaea caerulea) close up into centre of flower. Occurs in Africa and Asia. Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium, August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalt...
Aflo / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) resting on Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) seed head, Haga District, Japan. July.
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Adrian Davies / Seed head of an Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), showing seeds, scanned on a flatbed scanner, England, UK.
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Tim Fitzharris / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, native to Asia
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Tim Fitzharris / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, native to Asia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Sacred Lotus / red lily (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, Bali, Indonesia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Sacred Lotus / red lily (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, Bali, Indonesia
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Thomas Marent / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, Kakadu National Park, Australia
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Kerstin Hinze / Fruit / seed pod of Red Lilly / Egyptian Lotus / Sacred Waterlily (Nelumbo nucifera), Germany
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Toby Sinclair / Domestic Tusker Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) presents lotus flowers at Buddhist temple, Kataragama, Sri Lanka's second most sacred place of pilgrimage
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Toby Sinclair / Domestic Tusker Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) presents lotus flowers at Buddhist temple, Kataragama, Sri Lanka's second most sacred place of pilgrimage
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Gerry Ellis / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in bloom on billabong during wet season, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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Tim Fitzharris / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, native to Asia
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Nature Production / Sacred lotus flower {Nelumbo nucifera} Saitama, Japan
