Blue water lily (Nymphaea nouchali), Okavango Delta, Botswana
Synonym: Nymphaea caerulea. But not all varieties of N. nouchali are blue. Some surrounding pads here belong to N. lotus. To add to the confusion, sources are contradictory as to whether N. nouchali is indigenous to Africa or only to Asia. Although it certainly occurs in southern Africa. From a Fujichrome slide taken in 2005.
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Blue water lily (Nymphaea nouchali), Okavango Delta, Botswana
Synonym: Nymphaea caerulea. But not all varieties of N. nouchali are blue. Some surrounding pads here belong to N. lotus. To add to the confusion, sources are contradictory as to whether N. nouchali is indigenous to Africa or only to Asia. Although it certainly occurs in southern Africa. From a Fujichrome slide taken in 2005.
220909 007DN
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