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Blue Water Lily
Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
Nymphaea nouchali waving in the wind at the ArtScience Museum lotus pond. The colour of this lily was actually purple but the camera had somehow turned it into blue, even in its raw file. Anyway, it’s sometimes known as the Indian Blue Water Lily.
Pierce (Brawl Stars)
Name: Pierce
Series: Brawl Stars
Gender: Male
Status: Alive
Family: None as of Now
Flower Motif: Star Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
Flower Meaning: Endurance
Weapon of Choice: Squirt Gun
Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club (Ally)
Stationed At Which Cafe: Tampa, FL, USA
Hero Form Appearance: A wild combination of a water ranger’s uniform and YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is jet black to add contrast, while the main outfit itself is dark purple that fades to a lighter purple when you near the tailcoat and the lower halves of the sleeves, top, and shorts. The accents of this outfit are white, gold, silver, teal, magenta, black, and gray, while the shoes, gloves, cape, hat, and belt all have subtle patterns of azaleas. The only other accessory is a Star lotus cape clasp- and the flower’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and sleeves.
Full Bloom Gauge Location: Right Thigh
Guardian: Seabreeze (Based on an Osprey-Mountain Lion Gryphon)
Favorite Food: Lemonade Candy
Parallel To: None
Bio: You know pool lifeguards? Pierce is one of those. Except he shoots people instead of saving them. OK maybe he isn't like a lifeguard at all. When Buzz decides there has been too much pee in the pool, he calls in Pierce to 'clean up'.
Happy B day, @thehyperrequiem :)
n440_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe A Gand :chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur,1845-1880. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27559991
Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
December 18, 2020 | Blue Egyptian Water Lily
I read The Cairo Affair, by Olen Steinhauer, in August 2020, and there was mention of a blue Egyptian water lily (I can’t recall the context, however). The blue Egyptian water lily (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea, or previously Nymphaea caerulea), also known as blue lotus (or blue Egyptian lotus), is a water lily that “was known to the Ancient Egyptian civilization.” [x]
The plant and flower are very frequently depicted in Ancient Egyptian art. They have been depicted in numerous stone carvings and paintings, including the walls of the famous temple of Karnak, and are frequently depicted in connection with “party scenes,” dancing, or in significant spiritual or magical rites such as the rite of passage into the afterlife. King Tut’s mummy was covered with the flower. N. caerulea was considered extremely significant in Egyptian mythology, regarded as a symbol of the sun, since the flowers are closed at night and open again in the morning. At Heliopolis, the origin of the world was taught to have been when the sun god Ra emerged from a lotus flower growing in “primordial waters.” At night, he was believed to retreat into the flower again. Due to its colour, it was identified, in some beliefs, as having been the original container, in a similar manner to an egg, of Atum, and in similar beliefs Ra, both solar deities. As such, its properties form the origin of the “lotus variant” of the Ogdoad cosmogeny. It was the symbol of the Egyptian deity Nefertem. [x]
The image is “The Blue Egyptian Water Lily,” from The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, 1780–1822) and published by Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). The MET Museum’s description for the image is as follows:
This delicately colored aquatint depicts blue Egyptian water lily (Nymphaea coerulea) rising from the waters of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, with palm trees and a mosque in the middle distance. The site would have reminded viewers of Nelson’s 1798 victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. Dr. John Thornton devoted his personal fortune to the project, which celebrated recent discoveries relating to floral reproduction by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. Flowers from all corners of the globe are shown in native habitats (although costs allowed only thirty-two of a planned seventy prints to be published). Thirteen engravers worked from paintings and drawings supplied by botanical artists, the plates were etched using a combination of aquatint, stipple, and mezzotint, printed in color “à la poupée” then enhanced with watercolor additions. Size, composition, and sensitive coloring together suggest that these works hoped to raise botanical art to a level that rivaled more exalted genres.
[Painting titled “The Blue Egyptian Water Lily,” from The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature, downloaded from www.metmuseum.org]
It is a country of rivers and travel by boat is very common in bangladesh. The national flower of water lily, water lily represents the many rivers in bangladesh. In banglasdesh it is additionally known as Shapla, the scientific name of nymphaea nouchali.In bangladesh it is found in two color mainly pink and white.
It is a country of rivers and travel by boat is very common in bangladesh. The national flower of water lily, water lily represents the many rivers in bangladesh. In banglasdesh it is additionally known as Shapla, the scientific name of nymphaea nouchali.In bangladesh it is found in two color mainly pink and white.
how about u add misaka mikoto please
Name: Misaka Mikoto
Series: Toaru Series
Gender: Female
Status: Alive
Family: The Mikoto Family
Flower Motif: Star Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
Flower Meaning: Faithfulness
Weapon of Choice: Boomerang
Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club (Ally)
Hero Form Appearance: A combination of an electrical heroine’s costume and YuYuYu’s Hero Form Outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a jet black to reflect a circuit board, and while the main outfit is a purplish-blue- AKA Purple on the shoulders, collar, and the top half of the outfit, periwinkle in the middle, and then blue when you reach the lower half of the sleeves, the lower half of the pants, and the tailcoat. Accent colors include black, white, yellow, gray, silver, gold, and electric yellow and blue. The shoes, gloves, and belt all have patterns of star lotuses on them, and the only other accessory, aside from Misaka’s flower clips (Which now look like a pair of star lotuses) is a star lotus brooch on her left breast. The flower’s petal shape can be seen in the sleeves, tailcoat, and collar.
Full Bloom Gauge Location: Below Chest
Guardian: Aosagi (Based on the Aosagibi)
Favorite Food: Fried Chicken
Parallel To: None
Bio: Misaka Mikoto is a main heroine in Toaru Majutsu no Index and the main protagonist of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. She is the third-ranked Level 5 esper and the strongest Electromaster in Academy City, nicknamed the Railgun due to her signature move.
Kafka Hibino (Kaiju No. 8)
Name: Kafka Hibino
Series: Kaiju No. 8
Gender: Male
Status: Alive
Family: Mom (Unnamed)
Flower Motif: Star Lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
Flower Meaning: Faith
Weapon of Choice: Naginata
Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club
Hero Form Appearance: Yes, Kafka is in his transformed state here, but that doesn’t mean he gets a hero form outfit. The undersuit of the outfit is a solid gray to make sure the light blue and purple of the main outfit can stand out. The main outfit starts off as a light, periwinkle blue, and as you make your way to the lower half of the flowing sleeves + pants, the collar, as well as the tailcoat, it becomes a soft purple. Accent colors include black, white, dark purple, dark blue, yellow, gold, silver, and electric blue. Meanwhile, the boots, shoulder pads, gloves, belt, and chestplate all have subtle patterns themed around the Star lotus, and the only accessory is a Star lotus themed brooch in the center of his chest. The flower’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat, sleeves, and collar.
Full Bloom Gauge Location: Left Shoulder
Guardian: Sui (Based on the Sui-Ryu)
Favorite Food: Chirashi Zushi
Parallel To: None
Bio: Kafka Hibino is a 32-year-old specialized Kaiju cleaner working for Monster Sweeper, Inc.. Over the years, he’s had to give up on his lifelong dream of joining the Japan Defense Force along with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro, who is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division. It’s hard for him to accept his career trajectory has deviated from hers. After encountering Reno Ichikawa, a young aspiring Defense Force member, Kafka becomes determined to pursue his dream once again. However, after a small Kaiju enters his body, Kafka is turned into a Kaiju with tremendous power that surpasses the others, emerging as the first unneutralized foe since the Japan Defense Force's establishment. As a threat to society’s future, Kafka, or rather Kaiju No. 8 as he’s now dubbed, becomes a priority target throughout Japan.
Note: He shares the same flower motif as Sonoko Nogi (Yuusha No Shou)!
