Botanic Gardens Film Giant Lily Pads Holding Over 180 Lbs. In Annual ‘Water Lily Weigh Off’

Botanic Gardens Film Giant Lily Pads Holding Over 180 Lbs. In Annual ‘Water Lily Weigh Off’
Botanic Gardens Film Giant Lily Pads Holding Over 180 Lbs. In Annual ‘Water Lily Weigh Off’ – credit, Denver Botanic Gardens The Denver Botanic Gardens recently hosted a worldwide competition to see who could stack the most weight on a water lily pad before it sank, and the results were simply extraordinary. Known as the Water Lily Weigh Off, more than 30 zoos and gardens in 9 countries around the world took part. The sight of frogs sitting these one-assumes-to-be-delicate aquatic plants is a picturesque necessity in any pond scene, but don’t assume these lovely lilies to be shrinking violets, they’re actually incredible strong. The Missouri Botanic Gardens posted a video on Instagram of their largest lily floating upright under 182 pounds of weight, while that of Florida’s Bok Tower Gardens beat Missouri’s score with 183 pounds. Watching the videos of botanists stacking sandbags, oranges, bricks, and other weighty objects on the lily pads, also known as platters among botanists, have to be…