Wang Lian's leaf viewing period can last from June to early November, for up to 150 days.

Because it is a tropical aquatic plant, it is more sensitive to temperature and will wither slowly when the weather gets cold.

However, if the water temperature can be maintained at a suitable environment of more than 20 degrees, Wang Lian's leaf viewing period can even last until December, which can be said to be aquatic plants with a very long ornamental time.

At the same time, it can purify the water body and bloom three days and change three times. It has great advantages in both viewing leaves and flowers.

Because of this characteristic, many botanical gardens hope to introduce Wang Lian to add a lasting color to the garden.

Director Peng and his group came to the lake. Even though they knew the hugeness of Wang Lian's leaves, they were still shocked when they saw them with their own eyes.

It's really too big.

The huge circular blade floats on the water surface, and the edges of the blades are raised upwards, swaying gently with the water waves. It is no exaggeration to describe it as a boat.

Moreover, this best-quality Wang Lian is not far from the lake.

They can clearly see the mesh patterns on the surface of the leaves and see the scene of the underwater rhizomes connecting each other. The stems are thick and look like a giant.

Not only is the largest blade called a "big master", but the other blades are not weak at all. It seems like a comparison, and each blade is astonishingly large, almost two meters or even two meters or five meters.

Among these people, Dr. Hou's expression was the most shocking.

He was studying this area and had in-depth research on Wang Lian. He thought it might be a hybrid or a new breed, but he didn't expect that Wang Lian in front of him was one of the native species - Cruz Wang Lian!

This is simply a miracle.

Wang Lian was introduced from abroad since the 1960s, and now it has a history of cultivation for more than 50 years.

At the beginning, Wang Lian could only be kept in a greenhouse and slowly survived in an open air environment. The technology is being updated step by step.

When it was first introduced, it was the limit that Wanglian leaves grew to 1.5 meters, but later it gradually cultivated to more than 2 meters.

On this basis, the blade diameter has become larger and larger, but it still cannot break the highest record of 2.78 meters trained by Brazilians.

Later, after countless experiments, the researchers finally successfully cultivated Wang Lian with a diameter of 2.90 meters in the x-city botanical garden, which has more than 30 years of Wang Lian cultivation technology.

For the first time, surpassing the other party and becoming the world's number one!

The king lotus was also used as the "treasure of the garden" by the Botanical Garden in X, which caused a sensation.

But what the public did not expect was that just two years ago, British and Bolivian researchers discovered a new Wanglian variety in the Lalincona Botanical Garden.

The Royal Botanical Garden of England issued a statement on this, naming the new variety "Bolivian King Lotus" to pay tribute to its origin and research partners in Bolivia.1

Since then, no one can break the record of 3.2 meters, and the Bolivian Wang Lian has also been awarded the title of "the largest water lily in the world".

Dr. Hou couldn't help but sigh.

He believed that the domestic Wanglian cultivation technology was not inferior to that of foreign countries, but he could not resist the discovery of new varieties.

This is determined by genes, not artificial cultivation techniques.

The highest quality of Wang Lian cultivated in China is 2.90 meters, which has been like this for several consecutive years. It is very difficult to break 3 meters, let alone exceed 3.2 meters.

Not only him, but domestic researchers do not have any hope.

Unless the new species of Bolivian Wanglian is introduced, and after a series of domestication, environmental adaptation, countless hybridizations and experiments, there may be a slight possibility.

However, at present, in the botanical garden of this city, he naturally couldn't calm down when he saw this Wang Lian, who was said to have broken the Guinness World Record.

"We... can we measure it on the spot?" His voice was a little husky and trembling.

"Of course." Ye Han nodded.

The other party has prepared measurement tools, which are specially used for scientific research and measurement, with high accuracy, which shows that they are prepared.

Ye Han and two doctors from the institute stood on the bamboo raft, one stretched out the ruler, and the other was paying attention to the error and balance, with an expression of special attention.

Several people on the shore also reminded each other from time to time to correct the angle.

However, the measured data shocked everyone again: "3.38 meters!"

It's actually 3 centimeters more than the record!

Wang Lian has entered the maturity stage and the leaves will not grow again, but the residual plant nutrient solution still plays a role, allowing it to grow a little more.

Dr. Hou changed several angle measurements one after another, and the errors obtained were not more than 0.5 cm, indicating that there was no doubt about the size.

It's 3.38 meters!

Too awesome.

It completely breaks the record about Wang Lian! Whether domestic or abroad.

‘Maybe Wang Lian here has mutated?

Or is the environment of Huajianji particularly suitable for Wang Lian to survive?

Or...'

Countless speculations surged in Dr. Hou's heart, and he forced himself to restrain himself.

He was going to measure other leaves to see how they were in size and to draw the evaluation level for this Wanglian.

After a round of inspection, Dr. Hou selected the adjacent, seemingly the second largest blade for measurement.

This piece also looks very huge, but it is obviously a circle smaller than the largest one. He speculated that it should be around 2.6-2.8 meters.

However, when he measured it, it was 3.02 meters!

God.

Dr. Hou took a deep breath and could hardly believe his eyes.

A king lotus has two leaves that exceed 3 meters, and its body will produce a total of 40-50 leaves as the leaves continue to grow and replace.

How much nutrients does this absorb...to raise such a huge creature?!

It's really incredible.

He couldn't help but look at Ye Han and asked almost anxiously, "Where did this Wang Lian be introduced?"

"Have you ever broken a record of 3 meters in diameter before?"

"Is there anything unusual about its environment this year?"

...

Could it be that this Cruz King Lotus really mutated?

He only thought of this explanation for the time being.

Plants can also mutate due to changes in the growth environment or some sudden reason.

These mutations are often uncontrollable, such as the lotus blooming in the lotus, such as the amalgamation of succulents.

Ye Han waited patiently for the other party to ask questions before answering one by one with a smile: "These Wang Lians are left behind from the original Nanshan Botanical Garden. As for its introduction... Sorry, there are no relevant records for the time being, and I have never heard of any records breaking before."

"The environment has indeed changed a lot, because the botanical garden was abandoned for a long time before, and it was not until we took over."

"However, when the lake water is clear and the temperature is suitable, this king lotus grows very fast and absorbs a lot of nutrients and light..."

That's right? In order to make it a star plant, Ye Han sprays nutrient solution on the leaves every day to accelerate its growth.

No other plants are treated so well.

"Thank you for your answer." Dr. Hou said.

‘It seems that the environment has changed.’ He thought, ‘Maybe this is why Wang Lian mutations.’

Of course, this is just his guess. If you want to figure it out, you need to use scientific research methods.

Dr. Hou is preparing to collect some samples and go back.

Not only the sample, he also plans to use this Wanglian as the mother's mother for "spinning and reproduction", carefully cultivate its "offspring" and cross with other Wanglians, and strive to cultivate new hybrids.

By the way, there are still seeds!

Yes, yes, some seeds must be collected.

These are very, very precious research samples, unique.

Dr. Hou looked at the king lotus with his eyes glowing. It felt like a gold digger saw a large piece of shining gold, his eyes full of fanaticism.

Dr. Wang coughed gently next to him.

This is how his colleague is. He loves scientific research very much, especially Wang Lian, who is so obsessed with it.

After being reminded by a colleague, Dr. Hou barely restrained his inner excitement, slowly squatted down to observe the leaves of Wang Lian in front of him, and then made a new discovery.

He gently flipped the back of the leaves with a bamboo pole. The leaves were veins and clearly distributed, and they spread around like thick blood vessels, extending from the center to the edge of the leaves, with extremely high coverage. At the same time, the airbags were clearly visible on the surface of the leaves, which meant that its load-bearing capacity was extraordinary.

Dr. Hou has investigated that the weight bearing capacity of Wanglian leaves is about 30-40kg, and only children are allowed to experience it, and adults are not allowed to go up.

Wang Lian, with the strongest load-bearing capacity, can carry a weight of 75kg, which is already the limit. No matter how many it is, it will not only damage the blades, but also have the risk of sinking.

But at present, this Wanglian is not only large in size, but also has thick and strong leaves and is astonishingly large in number of airbags, which can definitely break the original record.

I just don't know the specific data.

Dr. Hou stood up and asked, "What is the load-bearing capacity of this Wanglian?"

Ye Han: "There is no problem with 100 kilograms."

As a scientific researcher, Dr. Hou was not very satisfied with this vague data and asked: "Is it the maximum load-bearing capacity of 100 kilograms, or is it a conservative estimate of 100 kilograms?"

Ye Han: "...conservative estimate."

After hearing this, Dr. Hou was surprised and eager to try.
To be continued...