Leaving the vine garden.

Li Yao continued gliding through the air on her surfboard and arrived at the aquatic botanical garden.

It's April now, and the lotus flowers here are in full bloom, truly a scene of "lotus leaves stretching to the sky, an endless expanse of green, and lotus blossoms reflecting the sun, a uniquely vibrant red."

The aquatic botanical garden before the apocalypse covered an area of ​​15 acres and collected and displayed a wide variety of aquatic plants from tropical regions, preserving approximately 100 species.

The garden has planted aquatic plants with different life forms according to the water depth and other wet microenvironments and the ecological habits of the plants.

Includes: Floating-leaved plants—aquatic plants whose roots or underground stems are anchored at the bottom of the water, whose stems grow in the water, whose petioles can lengthen with the water level, and whose leaves and flowers float on the water surface, such as Victoria water lilies, water lilies, water chestnuts, and water lilies.

Floating plants are plants whose entire body floats on the water surface, whose roots do not grow in the mud, and can drift with the water flow, such as water hyacinth, azolla, water hyacinth, American water hyacinth, duckweed, water lettuce, pondweed, and water snowflake.

Submerged plants are completely aquatic plants that live submerged in water for most of their life cycle. They mostly live in deep water, with roots growing in the soil. Their leaves are usually linear or strap-shaped, such as goldfish algae, yellow bladderwort, and hydrangea.

Emergent plants are aquatic plants whose lower parts or bases are submerged in water, with roots or rhizomes growing in the mud, and the upper part of the plant emerging above the water surface. They typically grow in shallow water or along the water's edge. Examples include lotus, papyrus, sedge, water onion, long-jointed calathea, white-powdered talia, water taro, aquatic water chestnut, variegated alisma, alisma plantago-aquatica, yellow iris, loosestrife, sugarcane grass, calamus, arrowhead, and yellow iris.

Waterfront plants – growing in damp places along the banks or embankments, preferring water and tolerating moisture, such as dawn redwood, bald cypress, water pine, and hibiscus.

In the post-apocalyptic aquatic garden, the entire pond was almost completely covered by plants, so there were very few living creatures underwater due to the lack of oxygen.

All kinds of plants grow upwards with all their might, so they are all exceptionally tall.

The most common water lilies, giant water lilies, and red lotuses all bloom exceptionally beautifully.

Most people are familiar with the Victoria amazonica, which has huge, unique, plate-like leaves that float on the water, making it a spectacular sight. It is also famous for its beautiful and varied flower colors and its strong fragrance.

Victoria amazonica has the largest leaves among aquatic plants in the world, with a diameter that can reach over 3 meters.

The leaves are smooth with curled edges, resembling large, emerald-green jade plates floating on the water.

Because its leaf veins have a different structure than those of ordinary plants, forming ribs that resemble an umbrella frame, it has great buoyancy and can support objects weighing up to 60 or 70 kilograms without sinking.

In its post-apocalyptic form, the Victoria amazonica's leaves reach a diameter of 10-15 meters, forming ribs and resembling an umbrella frame. The veins on these leaves are particularly prominent, like bulging veins on an arm.

Li Yao believed that this thing could be used as a boat.

With such a diverse array of plants here, Li Yao was afraid of tipping over, so she didn't get off the surfboard. Instead, she used [Spatial Control] to collect several enormous Victoria amazonica leaves, as well as some exceptionally vibrant red lotuses, water lilies, and water lilies.

Whether it was a flower bud or a fully bloomed one, Li Yao took them all.

She'll go back and make a basin of water to keep it there.

These lotus flowers were naturally mutated, with a rich fragrance. Li Yao also picked some large lotus leaves, which could be used to wrap lotus leaf chicken later.

After leaving the aquatic botanical garden, Li Yao went to the exotic flower and plant garden.

The term "exotic flowers" originally referred to plants that, in specific ecological environments, evolved and competed with other species.

In order to obtain more environmental resources and to develop in harmony with other species, parts of the plant, such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits, have undergone shape variations.

Or plants that produce special responses to light, sound, vibration, etc.

The Garden of Exotic Flowers and Trees was established in 1999, covering an area of ​​12 mu (approximately 1.8 acres).

Mainly collects various exotic flowers and trees from the tropics.

It is displayed to the public in a gardening and landscaping style.

The garden is divided into several sections, including fruit-bearing plants, herbaceous flowering plants, foliage plants, sensory plants, and stem-viewing plants.

We have collected 254 kinds (varieties) of exotic flowers and trees.

Among them are cauliflory flowering plants like the Ashoka, fruit-bearing plants like the Miracle Fruit, Wood Milk Fruit, Cocoa Fruit, Balloon Fruit, and Milk Pepper, and stem-bearing plants with swollen stems such as the Bottle Palm, Bottle Palm Orchid, Elephant's Foot Tree, and Buddha's Belly Tree.

The plant with enlarged tubers and rhizomes, the giant-flowered Aristolochia debilis, the world's largest flower; and the tiger's whiskers and cat's whiskers plants, whose flower components resemble whiskers.

The uniquely shaped and vibrant red passionflower, golden cup flower, double-petaled paper fan flower, and herbaceous plants such as shrimp-shaped flowers and sunflowers are all beautiful.

Variegated plants such as red mulberry and white-edged agave, and sensory plants such as dancing grass, mimosa, and clock flower.

Balsa wood is the lightest type of wood, and the nationally protected plant, balsa hemp, etc.

The plants here are all very unique and different from others, such as this miracle fruit.

Miracle fruit, also known as the "miracle fruit" or "dream fruit," is also called the "dream fruit" or "miracle fruit."

The pulp of the miracle fruit is sour and astringent.

However, it contains miraculin, and if you eat other acidic fruits within half an hour of consuming miraculin, it may cause adverse reactions.

You'll find that these sour fruits no longer taste sour, but rather sweet, hence the name miracle fruit.

Its pulp contains miraculin, which can alter a person's sense of taste. Within a few hours of eating miraculous fruit, sour foods will taste significantly sweeter.

It can be eaten fresh, or made into a palatable additive for acidic foods, or into a sweet flavoring agent needed by diabetics.

In addition, its seeds are large and bitter, its leaves can be used to make tea, and its tree shape is beautiful, so it can also be used as a bonsai.