Garden of Eden

Flowers of Beauty ~ The Lotus, Gardenia & Orchid By Archeia Charity The lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower is a type of flower that grows through and up to the surface of the water. It lives most of its life underwater. It sends up its flower closed through the water, opens in the sunlight, then closes and sinks back down through the water in the evening. Sooner or later it reaches the light and becomes the most beautiful flower ever. The sunlight triggers its journey through the water to...