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After all the #WaterlilyWeighOff26 excitement, the Victoria in our outside pond started putting on a spectacular show. ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸThis giant waterlily flower opens white on its first night, turns pink on its second, and fills the air with a sweet pineapple-like fragrance. With some luck you can also catch her flowers during the day!
Jewellery, but make it botanical. ๐ŸŒฟโœจThis is ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ (๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด), - and those little green pearls are doing much more than just looking fabulous.Their round shape helps the plant store water while minimising water loss, making them perfectly suited to dry conditions in their native habitat in the South-African Cape Provinces. Basically: tiny botanical water tanks disguised as jewellery. ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“Cape greenhouse-Sieraden, maar dan in botanische stijl. ๐ŸŒฟโœจDit is '๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€' (๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ด), - en die kleine groene pareltjes doen veel meer dan er alleen maar mooi uitzien.Door hun ronde vorm kan de plant water opslaan en tegelijkertijd waterverlies tot een minimum beperken, waardoor ze perfect zijn aangepast aan de droge omstandigheden in hun natuurlijke habitat in de Zuid-Afrikaanse Kaap. Kortom: minuscule botanische watertanks vermomd als sieraden. ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“Kaapse kas
๐Ÿ†WATERLILY WEIGH OFF 2026 - THE RESULTS ARE IN!We've spent months growing it. Minutes stacking cheese on it. And several seconds wondering if we'd gone too far.For our official #WaterlilyWeighOff26 entry, our Victoria Longwood Hybrid carried:๐Ÿง€42 kg of cheese from @fromagerie_kef๐Ÿชทon a leaf measuring 1.45 mThank you @denverbotanic for this fun challenge! Give @waterlilyweighoff a follow if you want to see all the other amazing entries - may the best lily win!๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸผThis is the fourth annual event organised by Denver Botanic Gardens.
โณThis flower only has 24 hours to impress you.โ Each bloom of ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด, also known as the ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€, opens for just a single day before fading away. But don't worry - there's always another flower waiting in the wings.โ ๐Ÿ“Tropical greenhouseโ โ -โ โ โณDeze bloem heeft maar 24 uur om indruk op je te maken.โ Elke bloem van ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด, ook wel bekend als de '๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€' bloeit slechts รฉรฉn dag voor hij verwelkt. Maar maak je geen zorgen โ€“ er staat altijd alweer een andere bloem klaar om het stokje over te nemen.โ ๐Ÿ“Tropische kas
Some behind the scenes of our very scientific, definitely professional attempt at the #WaterlilyWeighOff26. A lot of cheese, a suspicious amount of Dutch mumbling, and one giant Victoria leaf trying its best to become a boat. ๐Ÿšข @fromagerie_kef @waterlilyweighoff
ITโ€™S A WRAP. ๐Ÿง€๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑโ The Victoria leaf has been put to the test, the cheese has been lifted, and the Water Lily Weigh-Off is officially in the books! And yes: we may have gone very Dutch for this one. ๐Ÿ‘€Huge thanks to @fromagerie_kef for lending us their amazing, locally made cheeses! If you ever find yourself in Amsterdam, make sure to visit one of their stores.๐Ÿ’˜ โ ๐ŸŽฅ And stay tuned for the final video... @waterlilyweighoffโ #WaterlilyWeighOff26