The significance of the blue lotus was confirmed in 1922 when Howard Carter found blue lotus petals covering the body of ...

As it opens with the sun and closes at nightfall, this flower is often thought to be a symbol of life’s ebbs and flows, ...

Not only are the plants from ancient Egypt an entirely different species from those sold online, according to UC Berkeley ...

For Hindus, the beautiful and arresting lotus flower represents life, fertility and (as with Buddhists) purity – standing aloof above the mud and murk from which it grows. Though its roots are ...

Perhaps, then, it's not surprising that a plant resembling the blue lotus is now marketed online as a soothing flower, one that can be smoked in a vape or infused in tea. There's just one problem ...