Science breakthrough after new giant waterlily species discovered thanks to Instagram post
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Experts discovered an incredibly rare new species of giant waterlily after spotting it in an Instagram photo.The species, formally named the Colombian giant waterlily (Victoria colombiana), boasts lily pads stretching up to two metres in diameter, yet only an estimated 30 to 50 individual plants are believed to survive in the wild.The remarkable path to its formal scientific description took waterlily specialist Carlos Magdalena from a social media post through satellite imagery analysis and collaboration with indigenous communities.Afterwards, the team undertook a dramatic nocturnal boat expedition through flooded rainforest to secure the evidence needed to confirm a plant previously unknown to science.
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