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Lily as you can see on the picture is a beautiful flower. Here on the picture it has a beautiful pink colour. While walking around in Kakadu National you may come along these beautiful flowers. Water lily is the usual name for this aquatic plant; its scientific name is Nympheaceae. Bangladesh has as national flower the white water lily. There is around seventy species of water lilies. There are three group of water lilies which are known as tropical, hardy and night. Hardy are the most common water lilies you find and can stand almost all weather condition, night lily blooms at night, tropical lily are found in tropical region and bloom at any time of the day.  You will find water lilies in shallow water of lakes and ponds. Usually water lilies like hot climate. Most of the time you will see that they grow where there are few plants so that there is no competition for sunlight. Sunlight is their main source of energy and food. The Giant water Lily is the largest water lily that exists. Amazon is one of the places it can be found.

 
 

 

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