Here are a handful more photos from our visit to Kew Gardens on Saturday.
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Not a water lily but the sacred Lotus flower
growing in the Water Lily House

Echinocactus grusonii
in the Princess of Wales Conservatory

The last of the Indian Horse Chestnut flowers

The Water Lily Pond:
what a delightful spot on a sunny day!

The Pagoda looking drab in the dreary weather

Finally another tropical water lily, this is Nymphaea cv. “General Pershing”
in the Water Lily House