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Good morning! Hope you are doing great. I am in the lovely locales of Mahabaleshwar today. Will be working here during the day with a team of people facilitating some interactive sessions that could help them sharpen their selling skills. Keen to contribute to the growth of the organization they are working for and in the process the people itself. After all, growth is not just a sign of life but also a means by which life perpetuates. I would like to share with you this week the story and perhaps the mystery of life and perpetuation of the amazing Amazon Lily....
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The Story of Amazing Amazon Water Lily
Source: http://www.squidoo.com/Amazonwaterlily
The Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica, is found growing naturally in the Amazon River. The leaves of this plant can grow to more than seven feet in diameter and the stems can reach as much as eighteen feet and can even grow longer with the rising waters. Plants sprout from seeds and the stems start growing rapidly to keep up with water level that can rise as rapidly as six or seven inches per day. The plants are armed, everywhere except the top surface of the pads with thorns. The undersides of the leaves are a marvel of structural engineering, creating buoyancy and supporting the massive leaf pad surfaces.
It had always been a mystery how these Giant Water Lilies survived the dry season. The seeds that were deposited on the parched floodplain surfaces during the hottest weather would dry out and die and seeds that fell in the river were eaten by fish. Then, how were the seeds surviving? During low water, among the vast grassland marshes filled with spongy muck become the main lily seed beds with the moisture from fresh underground pools. These isolated ponds, hidden and protected from the main river and impossible to traverse through the miles of swamps, had no fish in them to eat the seeds. This combination of circumstances holds the secret to the fragile survival of the Giant Amazon Water Lily. The wondrous giant thus survives the nature’s toughest tests and lives on continuing to add to the beauty and magic of the mighty Amazon River.
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Where there is a will there is a way. Appears to be true even for the plants!! The will to survive leads plants and animals take to different paths, just as the giant lily does from modification of its leaf structure to the enormous rate of its stem growth, to attracting pollinating beetles, and to ultimately finding a safe haven for its seeds. The nature’s mantra to all living beings is perhaps to grow and perpetuate. May each one of us do our best to grow and branch out such that the human race continues to race on!
The best for you always!
With love and regards,
Siva
Good morning! Hope you are doing great. I am in the lovely locales of Mahabaleshwar today. Will be working here during the day with a team of people facilitating some interactive sessions that could help them sharpen their selling skills. Keen to contribute to the growth of the organization they are working for and in the process the people itself. After all, growth is not just a sign of life but also a means by which life perpetuates. I would like to share with you this week the story and perhaps the mystery of life and perpetuation of the amazing Amazon Lily....
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The Story of Amazing Amazon Water Lily
Source: http://www.squidoo.com/Amazonwaterlily
The Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica, is found growing naturally in the Amazon River. The leaves of this plant can grow to more than seven feet in diameter and the stems can reach as much as eighteen feet and can even grow longer with the rising waters. Plants sprout from seeds and the stems start growing rapidly to keep up with water level that can rise as rapidly as six or seven inches per day. The plants are armed, everywhere except the top surface of the pads with thorns. The undersides of the leaves are a marvel of structural engineering, creating buoyancy and supporting the massive leaf pad surfaces.It had always been a mystery how these Giant Water Lilies survived the dry season. The seeds that were deposited on the parched floodplain surfaces during the hottest weather would dry out and die and seeds that fell in the river were eaten by fish. Then, how were the seeds surviving? During low water, among the vast grassland marshes filled with spongy muck become the main lily seed beds with the moisture from fresh underground pools. These isolated ponds, hidden and protected from the main river and impossible to traverse through the miles of swamps, had no fish in them to eat the seeds. This combination of circumstances holds the secret to the fragile survival of the Giant Amazon Water Lily. The wondrous giant thus survives the nature’s toughest tests and lives on continuing to add to the beauty and magic of the mighty Amazon River.
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Where there is a will there is a way. Appears to be true even for the plants!! The will to survive leads plants and animals take to different paths, just as the giant lily does from modification of its leaf structure to the enormous rate of its stem growth, to attracting pollinating beetles, and to ultimately finding a safe haven for its seeds. The nature’s mantra to all living beings is perhaps to grow and perpetuate. May each one of us do our best to grow and branch out such that the human race continues to race on!
The best for you always!
With love and regards,
Siva
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