Euryale ferox, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
Date2010
Artist
Peter A. Moriarty
American photographer, born 1952
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 12 5/8 × 18 13/16 in. (32.1 × 47.8 cm)
sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2025
Object number2025-61
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThese large water lilies are on display in the Princess Diana House at Kew. Commonly known as prickly waterlily, Euryale ferox is a species of water lily found in freshwater ponds in southern and eastern Asia. It has huge leaves--with diameters from three to nine feet--and edible seeds called fox nuts.
Peter A. Moriarty
2010, printed 2017
