Scientists have identified a new species of giant waterlily, Victoria colombiana, in a flooded forest lake along the Inírida River in Colombia's Guainía region, after Kew Gardens expert Carlos Magdalena spotted an unusual plant in an Instagram photo and mounted an expedition with Bogotá's botanical garden and local indigenous communities. The find, formally described in the journal Phytotaxa, is only the fourth known giant waterlily species, but researchers estimate just 30 to 50 plants survive in the wild, so it is considered critically endangered. The team is seeking an official IUCN Red List (global conservation status register) designation and hopes to gather seeds for cultivation in Bogotá and possibly establish a more accessible population within indigenous territory.