which kind of a flower the blue water lilly is.it is rooted in mud. after leaving behind its root in mud it comes on to the surface of water. there it blooms as a pure flower. no one can see a drop of mud after she blooms. it makes the nature beautiful. it smells good. it shares honey for bees to make their hive. how wonderful journey has water lilly got! our blue water lilly is miss Sri Lanka Anudi Gunasekara..same journey ..a journy of courrage..a journey of purity until bloom..the blue water lilly is the national flower of Sri Lanka. Anudi Gunsekara and blue water lilly ...both r much valuable to us Sri Lankan