My mom planted this lotus a few years ago. The flower looks so pretty, so why not sharing with you all.
I am not sure what they call the yellow thing with the seeds, I guess, in the middle of the flower, since it is so beautiful, I decided to capture it,

This is the whole flower..

And, this "Crown of Thorns" we captured at our grandmother's small garden while we were in our home town..

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