Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy: Up from the Mire

Posted in Photography on July 8 2014, by Matt Newman

What was it that I said recently about the lotus blossoms not being far behind the Nymphaea? The Conservatory pools are far from the proverbial mud that the lotus is famous for emerging from, yet the persevering beauty of these plants is nonetheless potent.

Lotus

Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in the Conservatory Pools – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen