@macgizmoguy: #bluelotus #waterlily #bluewaterlily #watergarden #tropicalwaterlily #aquaticplants Only tropical varieties of water lilies have a blue or purple color . What the Egyptians called a 'blue lotus' isn't a lotus species at all. Dark purple water lily blossoms tend to get fried in the searing desert sun - so I'm going to be going to an aquatic plant nursery this weekend to buy some lighter colored varieties of day and night blooming nymphaea🪷