water lily live wallpaper

this application is a live wallpaper or screensaver of water lily live wallpaper set the app as live wallpaper to decorate your phone downloads water lily live wallpaper from our store page. we have the best collection of water lily live wallpaper. you can also download other live wallpaper in case you don’t find this lwp suitable for you, we had a vast lwp collection. water lily flowers are wonderfully showy and fragrant, lasting only a few days. some open during the day and close at night, others the opposite. most are pollinated by beetles.

the fragrant water lily (nymphae odorata) has a unique pollination strategy. live flower wallpaper. on the first day that the flower blooms, its pollen is not yet released, and instead, a fluid fills the centre of the flower, covering the female parts. should an insect visit the flower, the design of the petals causes it to fall into the fluid. if the insect is covered in pollen, the pollen dissolves in the fluid and fertilises the flower. live flower wallpaper. the next day, no fluid is produced, and pollen is released instead. the insect that falls into the fluid usually emerges unharmed, although a few unlucky ones may be trapped and drown. a few days after the water lily flower is pollinated, the flower stem tightens in a spiralling spring to bring the flower head underwater. live flower wallpaper. the fruit develops underwater into a spongy berry with many seeds that are enclosed in arils. when ripe, up to 2,000 seeds are released from each fruit.

young seeds float as they contain air pockets. they are then dispersed by water currents or by water birds that eat them. as they become waterlogged, they sink into the mud to germinate. the plant also spreads by sprouting from the creeping rhizomes. traditional medicinal uses: american indians used the plant to treat many ailments. mashed green roots were used as poultice for swollen limbs; the roots for problems of the womb, digestive problems, a rinse for mouth sores leaves and flowers as cooling compresses. role in the habitat: the water lily's leaves shade the water keeping it cool and thus allowing for more dissolved oxygen. live flower wallpaper. the plant also provides hiding places for small aquatic creatures, which in turn attract predators such as bitterns (see right). but in places where it has been introduced, the water lily can become a weed and blocking out sunlight and oxygen from the water and displacing local aquatic plants.