It now lives in the recently reopened Virginia Haldan Tropical House at the UC Botanical Garden; McEvoy believes it's the only university botanical garden in the country with a living Egyptian blue ...

The petals of the blue lotus, which open at dawn and close at dusk, were believed to reflect the journey of the soul. Al Jazeera Arabic noted that the Egyptian blue lotus was associated with the ...

McEvoy believes it's the only university botanical garden in the country with a living Egyptian blue lotus. He also ordered dried petals of the supposed lotus on Etsy. With the help of Evan ...