Published Oct 18, 2026 11:12 AM EDT One cold December day in 2021, Colorado carnivorous plant grower Jeremiah Harris shared some pictures of wild Amazonian giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) plants in the Inírida River in Guainía, Colombia to Instagram. There’s just one problem. No known Victoria water lily species grow there. When water lily expert Carlos Magdalena saw the post on Instagram, he suspected a new plant species could be involved.