The article focuses on the works, career and achievements of Huang Guozhen, college professor and the newest member of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society's (IWGS) Hall of Fame, in the U.S. Guozhen devoted majority of his life in researching, understanding and creating new varieties of waterlilies and lotus to share and to expand his aquatic plants knowledge to countless experts in China and other countries worldwide. He has pioneered the hybridization of lotus.