Victoria water lilies are among the largest in the world, spanning up to 10 feet in the Amazon rainforest with sturdy leaf pads that can easily support a small child. It turns out the strongest ones ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Three years ago, the Denver Botanic Gardens staff were curious about how much weight a lily pad could hold. They tested it out, the video went viral and now they are hosting the first ...

A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting competitors from gardens and zoos around the world. The St. Louis institution has been growing water lilies since 1894. A ...

DENVER (KDVR) — After making waves online with multiple years of lily pad weigh-offs, the Denver Botanic Gardens held its second official contest last year. This year, dozens of contestants have ...

Victoria water lily leaves stretch up to eight feet wide, big enough to be seen from space. But how much can these thin leaves hold? Denver Botanic Gardens asked that with its water lily weigh-off, ...

Information provided by The Huntsville Botanical Garden: (HUNTSVILLE, AL) – After two years in hibernation, The Huntsville Botanical Garden proudly introduces the Victoria Lily (Victoria cruziana), ...

It is pound for pound the greatest test of strength on water... VANESSA CALLAHAN: We first tried testing how much weight our water lily could hold several years ago, and we had heard about people ...

A stunning time-lapse video has caught the growth of the world's largest water lily. The lily, which is of the species Victoria boliviana, was named new to science in July 2022 at Kew Gardens in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Three years ago, the Denver ...