They really look like they’re from an alien planet,” said Greta Berg, a horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, ...

The giant Victoria water lily held 142 pounds of sand in the Missouri Botanical Garden's strength contest. (Video: Denver Botanic Gardens) “They really look like they’re from an alien planet ...

Earlier this year, the Denver garden put out the word to botanical gardens worldwide about a giant water lily weigh-off in August. Seventeen gardens with Victoria lilies joined the challenge ...

The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis hosted its Victoria water lilies strength contest, in which horticulturalists place sandbags and other heavy items on the several-feet-wide lillies to see ...

While his initial renown may be thanks to mini lilies, what might be his biggest accomplishment falls on the other end of the ...

It worked. While his initial renown may be thanks to mini lilies, what might be his biggest accomplishment falls on the other end of the size spectrum. Giant water lilies, of the genus Victoria ...

New laws will facilitate a massive gas storage project in waters off 90 Mile Beach at a cost of $500 million, reflecting a ...