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Pink Water Lily
Kanapaha
Gardens
Gainesville, Florida
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is a 62-acre
facility developed and operated by the North Florida Botanical Society.
The Garden is named after the nearby 250-acre Lake Kanapaha. The word
Kanapaha is derived from the Timucua Indian words for "palmetto leaf"
and "house" which refer to the thatched dwellings that were home to the
original residents of a small Timucua village on the western shore of
Lake Kanapaha.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is comprised of 16
major collections visually accessible from a 1-1/2 mile paved walkway.
These collections include the State of Florida's largest public display
of bamboos and the largest herb garden in the Southeast. Some of
Kanapaha's gardens are organized taxonomically; others demonstrate
principles of ecology or natural selection. Kanapaha's signature plants
include a premier stand of Chinese royal bamboo (Wong Chuk, and--during
the warm months--giant Victoria water lilies and Asian snake arums.
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