Victoria lily is flowering today (October 20)

If you’d like to stop by and see this fascinating flower, the Conservatory is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more about this plant. Sign up for email updates (form in right column, bottom on mobile) and we’ll let you know when the next flower bud opens.

Bill Crepet, chair of the Plant Biology Section took this picture around 6 p.m. Wednesday:

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