Ten water lilies compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs. An editorial selection exploring flowers and colours, not a scientific ranking. Photograph credits: 1. File:2016 Kwiat grzybieni białych 2.jpg; Jacek Halicki; Required credit: Jacek Halicki; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Kwiat_grzybieni_bia%C5%82ych_2.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:2024-08-20 14 33 27 Fully open American White Water Lily flower and leaves in a shallow cove of Success Lake within the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.jpg; Famartin; Required credit: Famartin; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-08-20_14_33_27_Fully_open_American_White_Water_Lily_flower_and_leaves_in_a_shallow_cove_of_Success_Lake_within_the_Colliers_Mills_Wildlife_Management_Area_in_Jackson_Township,_Ocean_County,_New_Jersey.jpg; Subject-centred crop retaining the complete flower, scaled and fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:Nymphaea mexicana 3.jpg; Mirko Hartig; Required credit: Mirko Hartig; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_mexicana_3.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Nymphaea rubra Water lily from Karikalampakkam, Pondy IMG 4215 a.jpg; PJeganathan; Required credit: PJeganathan; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_rubra_Water_lily_from_Karikalampakkam,_Pondy_IMG_4215_a.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Nymphaea lotus3.JPG; Meneerke bloem; Required credit: Meneerke bloem; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_lotus3.JPG; Subject-centred crop retaining the complete flower, scaled and fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Nymphaea tetragona var. minima.jpg; National Institute of Ecology; Required credit: National Institute of Ecology; KOGL Type 1; http://www.kogl.or.kr/info/licenseType1.do; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_tetragona_var._minima.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Nymphaea gigantea 11865986.jpg; botanygirl; Required credit: botanygirl; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_gigantea_11865986.jpg; Subject-centred crop retaining the complete flower, scaled and fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Nymphaea pubescens JNTBGRI.jpg; Shishirdasika; Required credit: Shishirdasika; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_pubescens_JNTBGRI.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Nymphaea caerulea-20091014-RM-115245.jpg; Ermell; Required credit: Reinhold Möller; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_caerulea-20091014-RM-115245.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Nymphaea micrantha-1-gandhi park-port blair-andaman-India.jpg; Yercaud-elango; Required credit: Yercaud-elango; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_micrantha-1-gandhi_park-port_blair-andaman-India.jpg; Subject-centred crop retaining the complete flower, scaled and fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. Video adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Original photographs retain their licenses; no author endorsement implied.