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)
Shame, shame, such beauty. A lovely photo Kimmers.
Stunningly beautiful!!!
Thanks for sharing. What a shame. Man can really mess stuff up pretty quickly. Are we ever going to learn? JDoc
GORGEOUS shot!
buenisima. preciosa composicion..
Excellent shot, my friend.......a beautiful work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROBY
It's so hard to understand how someone could be so stupid to cause such a loss but I see it all the time. Very beautiful image Kimarie
Very beautiful flowers. And a Happy Birthday to Janel... Aloha
Wonderful colors and reflections. Excellent and very beautiful shot, looks absolutely fantastic!
what a sad story, but you made a real cracker shot, I love the lighting through the flowers, they are so beautiful
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! How pretty cature, and a bit sad story...That we have to say good bye to this beautiful look... Like the awesome reflection, and those colors are just wonderful. Thanks for letting us know :) Kim
Very pretty, and sad though that they all got ruined!!! wonderful capture :-)
Beautiful photo, Kim. Heh, I bet the people at Miracle Grow would love to know the secret to these bad boys!! LOL!!!!! I hope your daughter has an Incredible birthday :) Hugs from me, Kim. :) - Matt
I like very much this encounter between these lotuses and palm trees a very symbol of L.A.
Ohhhh that makes me so mad !!! .....I hate it when they spray canals and lakes with pesticides grrrrrr This is such a beautiful reminder Kimmers S *** H u g s ***
Very beautiful.
Wonderful and fantastic picture my friend.....!!!!!
A very touching story and I'm so sorry about all these accidents with pesticide/herbicides:it's a shame:( Excellent capture and wonderful photograph and a Happy Birthday for your daughter! Joy and Happiness, Lior
A Story to take you from the Highest High with the Beauty and Magnificence of these So Rare Florals and then slip to a humble low with their now far gone Loveliness that we will never be enjoyed in that Garden in our life times!!!!!!!
sad news indeed... they were beautiful!
what a sad story the photo is wonderful great shot *****************************************
spectaculous! (is that a word?)
Excellent shot of these beautiful flowers,thanks for sharing**********
Such a beautiful composition and shot, wonderfuly done. Such a sad story as well
beautiful, great quality photograph!
A beautiful image and sadly, a story that seems to keep repeating itself with various species.
very nice image!!
Oh how exrememly beautiful Kimmie they make a lovely photo :) Cathy xoxoxo
stunning!!!!
Fine and WONDERFUL !!! SPLENDID ARTWORK !!!