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Lotus Victoria: a new tourist attraction for Yunnan

Updated: Aug 14, 2019 By Li Yingqing in Kunming chinadaily.com.cn Print
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The Lotus Victoria has attracted thousands of tourists to the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Southwest China’s Yunnan province. [Photo by Zhang Jiaojiao/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

There are two symmetrical openings around the leaf's edge, which allow water to flow away when it rains. Without them, water would remain on the leaf and make it harder for the plant to photosynthesize.

While the lotus will be in the garden all year, the best time to see it is from June to October, according to the schedule released by the garden.

Zhi Yuan contributed to this story.

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