Water Lily Flower Description. Centers are radiant golden-yellow and pads are bronze and green speckled. Mar 22 2020 The water lily flower releases a sweet liquid that is very fragrant and attractive to insects like bees which are necessary insects for pollination.
The leaves are basal curved and linear growing up to 60 cm 24 in longThey are rather leathery and arranged in two opposite rows. A waterlily flower has numerous petals that open to reveal the male sex organs stamens that surround the central female organ pistil that contains one or more ovaries. Elliptical or egg-shaped or sword-shaped.
Their floating leaves are often called lily.
Long elastic stems rise toward the water surface from fleshy rhizomes buried in the sediments. After the flowers have faded the plant sinks. Mar 22 2020 The water lily flower releases a sweet liquid that is very fragrant and attractive to insects like bees which are necessary insects for pollination. The fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorata has sweet-smelling white flowers sometimes tinged with pink 3 to 5 inches 8 to 12 centimeters across.