Detail of lotus leaf, Lotus Pond, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

The Lotus Pond, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ..Asia, from Iran to Japan, and south to northeren Australia. Long grown for culinary use as the leaf stalks, rootstock and seeds are edible, the dried sead heads are also used in floral art. ..The Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is one of the most beautiful flowers in the world and is revered in the East where it is a symbol of (among other things) fertility, nobility, holiness and purity. Due to its display of all stages of growth simultaneously: bud, flower and seedpod - the lotus is also a symbol of the past, present and future or the individuals progress from the lowest to the highest state of consciousness. Lotus flowers are an oddity in the plant world as they can generate their own heat. they are able to maintain a temperature of 30°C though the surrounding temperature may be much lower.

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Contained in galleries: Lotus flowers symbolising elegance, beauty, perfection, purity and grace. Botanic Garden, Sydney

The Lotus Pond, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ..Asia, from Iran to Japan, and south to northeren Australia. Long grown for culinary use as the leaf stalks, rootstock and seeds are edible, the dried sead heads are also used in floral art. ..The Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is one of the most beautiful flowers in the world and is revered in the East where it is a symbol of (among other things) fertility, nobility, holiness and purity. Due to its display of all stages of growth simultaneously: bud, flower and seedpod - the lotus is also a symbol of the past, present and future or the individuals progress from the lowest to the highest state of consciousness. Lotus flowers are an oddity in the plant world as they can generate their own heat. they are able to maintain a temperature of 30°C though the surrounding temperature may be much lower.