Guyana’s ‘Queen of the River’: the Victoria Amazonica at the heart of botanical collaboration with Royal Gardens
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Guyana's national flower, the Victoria Amazonica, will travel to the United Kingdom. The plant will be displayed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as part of a collaboration with the Protected Areas Commission of Guyana. This follows the flower's first arrival in the region over 170 years ago.
Last Updated on Saturday, 31 October 2026, 13:13 by Written By Denis Chabrol More than 170 years after its first arrival, Guyana’s national flower, the Victoria Amazonica, will once again journey to the United Kingdom to take pride of place at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, through a collaboration with Guyana’s Protected Areas Commission, the […]