Talk:Victoria amazonica

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Split
This article was begun with a cut and paste of some material from Victoria (waterlily). That article discusses the genus and could be renamed. It also has a significant page history, but I did not move it over this former redirect. cygnis insignis 18:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC) a section on uses would be interesting in this article Kldezego (talk) 02:53, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

From new article started on same name
"Victoria amazonica, or Vitória Régia is a species of flowering plant that grows at the Northern of Brazil, that floats on the water. It is bordered by two leaves florishes, the largest of the Nymphaeaceae family of water lilies. And it ispired a legend that is told in the country, about that giant flower that opens up itself only at night.

Legend from Brazil
Legend has it that, a long time ago, the Tupis-Guaranis, indigenous people from the Northern region of Brazil, told that every night, when the moon got hidden down behind the hills far in horizon, it was going to live together with its favorite young ladies. They used to say that, if the moon could like one single girl, so it would become her into a star of the sky.

One princess, "Pajé's" daughter, - Pajé is the main man of the indigenous people - got impressed with that story. Then, at night, when everybody was sleeping and the moon traveling across the sky, the princess wanted pretty much to be a star, and she walked up to the hills and chased the moon, hoping the moon could sight her down there, up in the hills. And so she could do, every night, for long, long time.

But the moon seemed not to notice her and, the crying of the princess could be heard in the distance, so her sadness and sighs as well.

At one night, the indigenous princess saw, in the clear waters of one lake, the image of the moon. The innocent girl wondered the moon had come down to take her along, and she jumped in the deep waters, and she was never seen again.

The moon, in return of the beautiful princess's sacrifice, wanted to become her into a different star, different from the ones whose light was up in the sky.

So, the moon became the princess into a "Star of the Waters", whose flower is the Vitória Régia.

Then, a new plant was born, whose scented white flowers get blossomed and unfasten at night only. And, when the sun appears in the early mornings, the flowers changed their colors in soft pink.

Flower color
The article says "The flowers are white the first night they are open and become pink the second night. They are up to 40 cm in diameter, and are pollinated by beetles." I believe this is incorrect -- the white flower (female) changes color not simply "on the second night" but when it has been fertilized by the beetle, at which point it changes to a male flower, produces male pollen, and turns pink. If it doesn't catch a pollen-carrying beetle, it doesn't change color. Bookgrrl holler/ lookee here 03:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Chile?
This article is in the category "Flora of Chile". Is this really the case? According to the article, the plant is indigenous in the Amazon basin. That sounds very unlikely to me. Chile consists entirely from the Andes and a narrow oceanic zone beyond the mountains. There is no tropical rainforest where this water lily could thrive; moreover, the Andes form a mighty barrier for any plants that might still survive in Chile's warmer and more humid regions. So can someone offer a source for this? Steinbach (talk) 12:42, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm removing the dubious category if no-one opposes within a few days. Steinbach (talk) 22:42, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

1801? - 10,000 years
In the article it says: "Victoria regia, as it was named, was discovered by Tadeáš Haenke in 1801"

I very much doubt this. I feel certain that it has been known for at least 10,000 years. People who live and lived in the Amazonas are as human as mr. Haenke. 62.135.241.48 (talk) 18:50, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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