Seems like LOTUS?
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The original pond at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve (in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania) was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. A beautiful new pond was designed and created in a different location in the park. In its second year of existence, the pond and its water- and perimeter plants is flourishing almost beyond imagination.
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From its flower, leaf, and seed pod, this specimen has all the ear marks of a lotus. But it is growing on the pond's EDGE and is not submerged in water.
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Could this BE a lotus?
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The photo was made on July 8.
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Uploaded on August 04, 2014