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‘Blue Beauty’ Water Lily

July 5, 2011 by 6 Comments
'Blue Beauty' Tropical Water Lily

‘Blue Beauty’ Water Lily

The ‘Blue Beauty’ Water Lily is one of the more popular water lilies. It is a hybrid developed in 1896 when hybrid studies were just being undertaken. Originally called ‘Nymphaea pulcherrima’, a pseudo-Latin name translated as “beautiful water-lily,” its name was changed to ‘Blue Beauty’ in the 1930s.

I love the bluish-lilac color, but even more I love the blue-gray, two-toned shadows of the two lilies. This is one of those photographs where I think the shadow as interesting as the subject. The lilies that stand above the water — this one grows 6″ to 8″ above the surface of the pond — seem to cast rather impressionistic, moody shadows on the barely rippling pond surface.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. While at the Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival, she paid a morning visit to the tropical water-lily ponds. What a wonderful collection!


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I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

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  1. Frida says
    July 5, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    I have never seen that colors, they are so beautiful.

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  2. Montucky says
    July 5, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    That’s very well-named! It is a beauty! The shape of the blossom reminds me just a little of our Bitterroot here.

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  3. Chantal says
    July 6, 2011 at 2:15 am

    it looks like you did some selective coloring, is that right?

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  4. Gandalf says
    July 6, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Cool and refreshing – like the water.

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  5. Sue says
    July 9, 2011 at 9:44 am

    Oooo…I agree, the shadows are WONDERFUL in this lovely image. Love the ever so gently movement in the water.

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