Are your plants superhydrophobic?

I remember I could spend hours playing with water on lotus leaves . I ’m too young to have memories of play with drop of mercury , but I imagine the effect is similar , right ? I run online to see what progress to water and a lotus leaf interact in this way , and found that it ’s been studied quite a bit . patently , a Egyptian water lily leaf issuperhydrophobic . Check out this Wikipedia clause on the lotus effect . Fascinating , if a picayune dry . This articleexplains it a little more clearly , for us non - scientist . Want to try out with the lotus core , but do n’t have any Nelumbo nucifera plants nearby ? Try your nasturtiums !

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