A sad goodbye to the Los Angeles lotuses... by kimariehere
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Hello All
Back in the late 80's I went to college ( lived in the girls dormitory ) right across the street from Echo park and one of the most beautiful lotus ponds in the United States . These beauty's were planted almost 90 years ago they are now gone ,a memory . Sadly, there was an insecticide was sprayed in the park a few months ago~!
That might also explain the dead red-eared slider turtle spotted floating in the water who depended on the lotuses- an ecosystem now gone do to mans idea of control ! A real tragedy that they killed off these huge and amazing Lotuses! Even if planted again it would take another 90 years or so to reach their size and beauty . Some of them were as large as melons!
One of the most popular legends about the lotus flowers of Echo park is that they were planted by Angeles Temple missionaries who brought back seeds from China. What is certain is that by the late 1920's water gardens were fashionable in Los Angeles.
Some have claimed Echo Park's lotus bed to be the largest outside of Asia, Echo Park's lotus stand, however, was undoubtedly the largest and most beautiful in the western United States.
I captured this here on a beautiful morning a few years ago when the rising sun made them light up like glowing lanterns on the water and the silhouettes of the palms reflected . Taken with my Nikon 7900 pocket cam (post work =slight sat curves, re sized and sharpened -no photo manip here). I did a painted version ( cropped ) of this back in '06 on here but never put this full version of this up . I suppose this is my way of saying goodbye to a beautiful treasured part of LA's history . I have many more pictures from that day . They mean so much to me now that they are gone. You never really fully appreciate things until they are gone do you? ...
Thanks for your time and comments!
Love to all!!!
((( BIG HUGS )))
~ Kimmers ! ♥ :O)
Comments (126)
B E A U T Y
They are beautiful. I have lotus in my backyard ponds. I need to keep them in a shallow bottom round pan. The Roots system can grow 20 feet in one season. If not contained they would overgrow the ponds quickly. Each plant will produce a dozen or more growing tubers each season. From each tuber a new plant can be started. I think you will be surprised at how fast they can come back. It sure is a terrible loss though.
Very nice looking picture! Happy Birthday to Janel, too! Good work!
Now that is a crying shame. :( Glad we still have your beautiful photos but... sigh. Happy 14th to your brat.. er.. daughter. :P
Beautiful capture Kim!!
sooo beautiful!!!!!
Beautiful image, nice story.
A sad story, Kim, like the Treaty Oak in dear old Austin, TX that was poisoned by a maniac who was "casting a spell;" hope he enjoyed his 9 years in the Texas pen! What a beautiful picture!
Beautiful...
Sad, but beautiful flowers, excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful image, Kim!!!
These are so beautiful flowers - I love your story too! Have a great Sunday, Hug's
they are very beautiful flowers and your capture.sad that they were killed
This is SO beautiful... Excellent capture... Love it :)
Thats so sad about the lotuses, beautiful capture excellent well done..
Hi Kimmers!!! What a gorgeous shot!! XOXO
How sad...and how beautiful with your captures! =0( =0)
Have never seen lotuses like these, striving up to the sky. Just awsome shot!!!
Splendid !!!
Happy B-day to your daughter! Those Lotus are wonderous. Perhaps someone will have the foresight to try to get them to grow anew.
WOW!! Very beautiful flowers and reflection!!!! You captured it wonderfully!!! Very nice my friend!!!
Great reflections and colours. Thanks for sharing.
What a grand memory for you, it is so sad the things we do sometimes in the interest of prosperity... great image!
wow this is so lovely. sad they gone now. so people think they helping but it turns to bad. oh tell her happy brithday
It's a shame all these accidents with pesticide/herbicides, I had half my lawn sprayed by the council one year, they had oversprayed the footpath outside my drive and it blew onto the lawn and browned half of it off. When I complained all I got was a sorry. Not much I know Kim but at least you have this as a memory of better times, and what a wonderful image it is, I have my lilies in plastic buckets and I remove them from the pond to cut back the tubers, I did one last week and I cut about four foot off it, there are only three in the pond now and it is half covered with lily pads. Excellent capture, and tell your daughter Happy Birthday!! Bravo!!!!!
Really stunning shot!
How sad Kim..so beautiful flowers and picture! Happy Birthday to your daughter :)
beautiful capture...such a shame
I don't know what you do to your images.. but it's damn BRILLIANT!
Awesome shot. So sad they are gone.