Lily de Agua – Victoria Amazonica

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A White (Amazon Victoria) Is an aquatic plant. It has a large circular leaf, dark green, with a turn through the edge, which makes it look like the shape of a shallow tray.

Typical of the northern region of Brazil, it is located in the Amazon basin. It has become a symbol of the Amazon.

Scientific name: Amazon Victoria
Category: Aquatic plants, marginal plants.
Climate: Ecuatorial, tropical
Origen: South America, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Guayana French, Surinam
Height: From 0.1 to 0.3 meters
Incandescent: Full sun
Vital cycle: Perennial plants

About Victoria Regia

Nenufar has the shape of a large round tray. The flat and green surface is framed by a high and perfect edge, which suggests the colors below.

• Nenufar also has flowers, which are large and very fragrant, as well as beautiful.
• The flowers can be seen during the summer, however they do not last long, only 48 hours.
• They seem white and become pink the second day, due to pollination.
• The scarabeo in charge of placing the Waterruf enters the flower on the first day, after flowering, which occurs at the end of the afternoon and remains a prisoner until the following day, when the flower closes during the night.
• After the pollination, the flower returns to the lake to form the fruit similar to a berry, which ripens in 6 weeks.
• The seeds produced are edible and surrounded by a kind of sponge that allows them to float.
• The rhizome of the plant is rich in starch and mineral salts and the Indians use it as food.
• Every year the plant ages, its reserves increase and the plant grows with it.

It is a delicate cultivation plant, as it grows only in the warm and tropical hot areas, not tolerating the cold.

• In the countries of the cold, it can only be grown in greenhouses with water and heated environments.
• The water lies is 100% aquatic and its cultivation must be made in full sun. In addition to natural lakes, it is possible to plant it in the tanks, but with a depth of at least 90 centimeters.
• The important detail is related to the water temperature, which must be between 29 and 32 degrees.
• It is not very demanding in terms of fertility and maintenance; Annual resets and slight fertilization are sufficient for full development.
• It is multiplied by seeds and Rizoma division.
• Currently there are varieties and hybrids with V. Cruziana which are a little more suitable and smaller, for smaller lakes.

Vitória-Regia pollenization

The pollination of the life of the water is made by the scarabeo, which the first day appears the flower, enters it and awaits its flowering, which occurs at the end of the afternoon.

However, he is a prisoner, because the second day, at night, the water closes.

Legends

• Brazilian Indians tell some legends about the origin of necessity. In one of them, a cunhã (girl) fell in love with the moon and the stars.
• He has made several attempts to reach them in the sky, also by drawing a screw scale.
• Up to a day, floating in the river, he saw the image of the moon and the stars reflected in the water and imagined living in the depths.
• He swam the deepest possible and disappeared. Jaci, the moon, pushing the girl, transformed little India into the most beautiful Amazonian plants.
• Another indigenous legend says that Waterruf has its origin in the unhappy love of a couple in love.
• The Indian Moroti, in love with the Pytá Warrior, wanted love tests. Then he threw a bracelet in the river so that the warrior could recover his jewel.
• Piti followed his beloved orders, throwing himself into the waters. However, he hasn't returned to the surface.
• Desperate and repentant, India also threw itself into deep waters, disappearing once and for all.
• The next day, a huge plant with a white flower in the center appeared in the same place. It was the loss of water.