Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica). Flower bud opening in the early evening, and will be white for the first night. Guyana.

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Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica). Bud opening. Flower is white for the first night after opening. Karanambu Ranch and Reservation. Rupununi. Guyana. National flower of Guyana.

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