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). Flower bud opening in the early evening, and will be white for the first night after opening. Karanambu Ranch and Reservation. Rupununi. Guyana. National flower of Guyana.

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