The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis hosted its Victoria water lilies strength contest, in which horticulturalists place sandbags and other heavy items on the several-feet-wide lillies to see ...

The giant Victoria water lily held 142 pounds of sand in the Missouri Botanical Garden's strength contest. (Video: Denver Botanic Gardens) “They really look like they’re from an alien planet ...

Defined by its fluid, sculptural design, which features striking concrete forms that appear to organically emerge from the ground, the house’s unique lily pad ... with a high water table ...

A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting competitors from gardens and zoos around the ...

They really look like they’re from an alien planet,” said Greta Berg, a horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, ...

Explore Brazil’s Amazon Basin to see the Giant Water Lily, with leaves up to 10 feet wide and stunning foot-wide flowers. Visit tropical India and Sri Lanka to see the Talipot Palm’s enormous ...

“I am still doing interviews. Yesterday, it was German television,” said Magdalena, who believes more giant water lily species may be awaiting discovery. Advertising “My beloved nenúfar ...

and reflections in the water lily pond at his home in Giverny, France. The work, which Christie’s said is being offered from an anonymous private collection after remaining with the Monet ...