If you grew up in the '80s or '90s, you may remember cookie-sized, woody lotus flower seed pods intermingled with potpourri ...

These are seed pods of a native aquatic plant called the American lotus.The American lotus is recognized as an emergent plant because of its ability to seemingly appear from nowhere and fill a ...

Trypophobia is the fear of clustered holes like those shown in the lotus seed pod above. The lotus seed is the classic example of the sort of holes that frighten trypophobics, but sponges ...

What is it? The seeds of the lotus grow in a green, bowl-shaped pod, which is often used by florists. How is it available? They're usually sold dried or made into plain or sweetened paste ...

Dear Master Gardener: I would like to collect lotus seed pods for flower arrangements. I heard now is a good time to walk along lakeshores and find the ones that have washed up on shore.