The species we select
Nymphaea caerulea
Egyptian blue water lily
Long, slender ivory petals with blue-violet tips surround a yellow heart. The flower documented across ancient Egyptian art and iconography.
Nymphaea caerulea · Thailand
The original
Blue Lotus. Authentic Nymphaea caerulea — whole dried Egyptian blue water lily flowers from independent growers in Thailand.
Whole flowers. One origin. Source recorded.
LOTHARA Blue Lotus · whole dried flowers
The product
Blue Lotus —
whole flower
Nymphaea caerulea · Thailand · Single origin
- Organic production
- Whole dried flowers
- Authentic local farm
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For ritual and aromatic use. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Botanical identity
Not just a lotus.
Nymphaea caerulea.
The Egyptian blue water lily, commonly known as Blue Lotus.
One species. Ivory petals, blue-violet tips, a deep yellow heart. LOTHARA works with this flower only — dried whole, never powdered, each batch traceable to its farm.
Nymphaea caerulea in bloom · Thailand
The species test
Blue Lotus
vs imitations.
Only one is Nymphaea caerulea.
Often sold in its place
Nymphaea nouchali
Blue water lily
Faster-growing and bulk-dried — the flower most often sold under the "Blue Lotus" name.
A lotus, but not Blue Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred lotus
A true lotus, valued in Asian cuisine and tradition — but botanically unrelated to the Egyptian blue water lily.
Unidentified hybrids
Unnamed hybrids
Tropical cultivars
Bred for uniform colour and yield. No documented botanical identity, no traceable lineage.
Same name on the label. Different flowers in the jar.
Origin
Amnat CharoenThailand
“Egyptian” refers to the history of Nymphaea caerulea. Our flowers of this same species are grown in Thailand, where we work directly with the growers.
One species. Two growers. One standard.
LOTHARA sources Nymphaea caerulea from two independent growers in Thailand, selected at source against the same botanical and quality standards — a direct relationship, fair price, no brokers. Six months to a first bloom, then one flower at a time: the plant itself limits the harvest to a few kilos per month.
6 AMHarvested
By handSelected
Whole-flowerDried
Each lotRecorded
From water to ritual
Five stages,
one intact flower.
Who we are
Two friends, one meeting,
one flower.
We are Theos and Toppy. We met in Thailand through what felt like fate. Toppy had prayed to Buddha for someone to cross his path, and when we met, we immediately connected on a spiritual level. We later travelled through Malaysia together. After an energy healing session conducted by Toppy, I drank Blue Lotus for the first time. Toppy, who had known the flower for years, explained how rare authentic Nymphaea caerulea is and how the market is almost entirely filled with imitations. From that discovery and our conversations came one idea: to trace the authentic flower back to its source.
That search led us to farms in Thailand that had cultivated it for years and, until then, had sold it only locally. This is where LOTHARA began.
Theos & Toppy, with our growers · Amnat Charoen
Verification
Verified origin.
Our Blue Lotus is grown in Amnat Charoen, Thailand. Photographs of the cultivation ponds, harvest and our meetings with the growers document its provenance.
See the photos from the farms01
Botanical identity
Nymphaea caerulea
Documentation available on request.
02
Organic cultivation
Certified in Thailand
Certified by the Thai Department of Agriculture under organic standard TAS 9000-2564, for the cultivation of lotus.
03
HPLC analysis
June 2025
Carried out in June 2025 at the Synchrotron Light Research Institute, Thailand’s national laboratory, by high-performance liquid chromatography.
The ritual
Four gestures.
One quiet moment.
Open
Open the jar and take one flower.
Infuse
Place it in a cup. Pour water just off the boil.
Wait
Five to seven minutes, while the colour unfurls.
Be present
Drink slowly in a quiet place and savour the moment.
Start with one flower. Then adjust the ritual to your preferences.
History
3,000 years
of history.
Nymphaea caerulea appears across three millennia of Egyptian art — tomb paintings, temple reliefs, funerary garlands, including those found in Tutankhamun’s tomb. A flower of iconography and daily life along the Nile.
That history is where our flower begins — and where the confusion around its name began too.
The Lotus Archive
Notes from
a botanical house.
The original flower.
Nymphaea caerulea · Whole flower · Thailand
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