Posted Feb. 27, 2025
Written by Nicholas Hellmuth
Available for you to share with everyone on social media and send as an attachment is a monumental 207-page photo album of high-resolution photos of waterlilies of Maya rivers and lagoons of Guatemala.
The waterlily is the flower most often pictured in Classic Maya art—it is debated to what extent it is potentially hallucinogenic and to what degree it was used to imbibe by the Classic Maya. A publication in Mexico about 4 years ago features the water lily as a popular drug for the Classic Maya, but what is needed is more lab tests to determine what part of the plant was used and how it was prepared. I say this because in past decades some Peteneros said the plant had edible parts with no hallucinogenic effect.
The most popular revered flower
of the Classic Maya Civilization, Sacred Waterlily Eco-Systems of Guatemala
This photo album of the Maya water lily is an example of decades of FLAAR research on flora, fauna and ecosystems, especially wetlands.
The front cover is normal single-page size but the PDF is horizontal page format so can be used by professors to project for their classroom lectures.
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Water Lilies of Mayan Areas of Guatemala Gorgeous full-color photos at full-page size. |
Mayan Water Lilies of Monterrico (Pacific Coast)and Arroyo Pucte (Peten), Guatemala. |
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Biodiversidad en el Rio Tres Arrollos, El Naranjo, Peten: Guatemala, Ciclo de Vida de Nymphaea Sp. |
Waterlily Paradise, Lakeside, Riverside, Creeks, Swamps, Nymphaea ampla, El Golfete Municipio de Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala |
Floating Heart, Water Snowflake, Nymphoides Indica, El Golfete. Livingston, Izabal
The research team at FLAAR (USA) and FLAAR Mesoamerica (Guatemala) have been studying water lily flowers in remote parts of Guatemala for many decades.
