The water lily is often found on ceramic vessels that appear to depict, for the most part, prophetic scenes from the underworld or other worlds. Your use of this pdf, the bioone complete website, and all posted and associated. Nymphaea water lily nymphaeaceae 47 images at phytoimages. Taxonomy and typification of nymphaea ampla taxon 57 3 august 2008. Some authors have interpreted the peltate leaves and flower buds of the psychotogen nymphaea ampla as being green mushrooms andor stalked sea shells. Pdf taxonomy and typification of nymphaea ampla salisb. Nymphaea ampla, water lily serpent, feathered serpent, vision. Taxonomy and typification of nymphaea ampla salisb. The genus nymphaea is the most important horticulturally, containing 44 accepted species names the plant list, 20 and nearly 250 cultivars, 80 of which are tropical daybloomers and 15 tropical nightbloomers nymphaea lotus, a floating leafed macrophyte, is. The main use for these containers is believed to be the delivery vessel for the magical, ceremonial concoction known as the balche drink of the priest or shaman. References cited in nymphaea ampla and suggested additional reading.
Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about dotleaf waterlily nymphaea ampla supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Those wishing to access the msword version will be redirected to the ampla shop to download the document via the e download function. Chironomids colonization in nymphaea ampla tritus during a degradative ecological successional experiment in a. Balche is the potion which helps the holy man change into his transformation animal. The family nymphaeaceae is made up of approximately 75 species across six genera. Nymphaea ampla white water lily at maya ethnobotanicals. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The results indicated that nymphaea ampla leaf biomass can be used as an effective and lowcost adsorbent to remove cadmium ii ions from aqueous solutions. There are many graphical iconic examples that lead one to the conclusion that nymphaea ampla appears to have been used as an additive to the balche drink used in religious ceremonies by priests and in shamanic ritual ceremonies by shamans.
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