Smallest waterlily in the world brought back from the brink of extinction at Kew Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's top propagation 'code-breaker', horticulturist Carlos Magdalena, has cracked the enigma of growing a rare species of African waterlily - believed to be the smallest waterlily in the world with pads than can be as little as 1cm in diameter - bringing it back from the brink of extinction; a fitting success story to celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2010.

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