Blue lotus may refer to:
- Nymphaea caerulea, also known as the Blue Egyptian water lily, an aquatic flower native to Egypt
- Nymphaea nouchali, also known as the Red and blue water lily, Blue star water lily or Star lotus,an aquatic flower native to the Indian subcontinent
- Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus, Bean of India, or simply Lotus, an aquatic flower native to tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia
- The Blue Lotus, a book in the Tintin series
Famous quotes containing the words blue and/or lotus:
“The Reverend Samuel Peters ... exaggerated the Blue Laws, but they did include “Capital Lawes” providing a death penalty for any child over sixteen who was found guilty of cursing or striking his natural parents; a death penalty for an incorrigible son; a law forbidding smoking except in a room in a private house; another law declaring smoking illegal except on a journey five miles away from home,...”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“It’s a mining town in lotus land.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)