CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “The green lotus leaves stretch to the horizon, and the lotus looks extremely bright under the sunshine.” This is beautiful saying about lotus flowers from Yang Wanli, a poem of Song Dynasty. As one of the ten famous flowers in China, lotus flower is a popular traditional flower, and it is also an important representative flower of summer. According to Nanshan Botanical Garden, in order to increase the summer landscape highlights of Nanshan Botanical Garden, a fine lotus flower exhibition has been launched recently. The exhibition will last until the end of August.

Lotus flowers surrounded by green leaves (Picture provided by Nanshan Botanical Garden)

There are 48 varieties of traditional Chinese lotus flowers in this exhibition, of more than 1000 pots. In addition, the greenhouse square is surrounded by more than 5000 balls of Thai lotus, which resembles lotus. It is originally from Laos, northern Thailand and Cambodia. Its name is Ginger Lotus. We can make a comparison of the lotus flowers to see who can better resist the summer heat, and bring you a cool and surprising summer.

Lotus flower (Picture provided by Nanshan Botanical Garden)

Although the lotus flowers here belong to potted plants, it does not affect the viewing at all. These lotus flowers are mainly in red, pink and white. They are single-petal, semi-double, double-petal and thousand-petal, and their plant sizes are large or small. Ginger lotus flower is also in red, pink and white. Its sepals are similar in color, shape and texture to lotus, but there is a seed ball like ginger underground, so it is called ginger lotus.

Red lotus flower (Picture provided by Nanshan Botanical Garden)

Lotus buds (Picture provided by Nanshan Botanical Garden)

According to the person in charge of Nanshan Botanical Garden, lotus is a treasure all over its body. Its leaves can be made into tea and Chinese medicine, its root can be eaten, and its seed is the best medicine relieve summer heat. People who love lotus flowers should not miss this exhibition. (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)