Blue Lotus

Did you know

• The blue lotus was the most sacred flower of ancient Egypt, appearing in countless tomb paintings and temple carvings.
• Flowers open each morning and close in the afternoon, symbolizing the cycle of creation and the sun god Ra.
• The plant contains mild psychoactive alkaloids and was likely used in ancient Egyptian ritual ceremonies.
• It is depicted being held to the noses of the dead in Egyptian funerary art, possibly for its fragrant and mildly narcotic properties.
• The blue lotus is now rare in Egypt itself due to the Aswan Dam, which changed the Nile's seasonal flood patterns.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental water garden
• traditional rituals
• perfumery