What Is This Enchanting 'Coronation'? Dalseong-gun Songhae Park, Aquatic Plant Flower Festival Featuring Victoria Water Lilies

Victoria water lilies blooming in Songhae Park, Dalseong-gun, Gyeongbuk.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] What is the identity of this dazzling ‘panorama’?

The ecological pond at Songhae Park in Dalseong-gun, Gyeongbuk is creating a spectacular scene.

Various aquatic plants such as Victoria water lilies, Australian water lilies, tropical water lilies, and water hibiscus are providing unique sights day and night.

The highlight of the scenery is the tropical water lily called ‘Victoria water lily,’ which grows in the Amazon River basin. The Victoria water lily’s leaves can grow up to 2 meters in diameter and have such buoyancy that even a child can stand on them without sinking.

The Victoria water lily blooms for three days from July to September. It blooms at night and withers in the morning. On the first day, an ivory-colored flower blooms with a strong pineapple scent, and after it withers early the next day, on the second night it becomes a pink flower shaped like a crown.

Then, on the third day at dawn, it disappears underwater. Especially, the flower blooming on the second day is said to resemble the crown of Queen Victoria, and this blooming process is called the ‘coronation.’

The blooming of the Victoria water lily on summer nights captivates viewers like a magnificent and splendid queen’s coronation.

Kim Moon-oh, the mayor of Dalseong-gun, said, “I hope that citizens and visitors tired from COVID-19 can regain some peace of mind while enjoying the various aquatic plants of Songhae Park.”

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