Amazon water-lily

The world's largest water lily, Amazon water lilies produce circular floating leaves up to 3 meters in diameter capable of supporting the weight of a child, with upturned edges up to 20 cm high that prevent them from sinking. Native to the warm, shallow waters of the Amazon basin, their white flowers open at night, trapping beetle pollinators, then close and turn pink the following day as the beetles escape coated in pollen. An icon of Amazonian biodiversity.