The information for Lotus Flower has been removed from the company’s website, lotuscuisine.com. The Framingham restaurant, which opened in 1986, was the company’s first location.

The ability to open and close like a lotus flower is more than a gimmick. As well as aiding transportation, a closed Lotus is better able to withstand wind and rain.

An ecological park in southwest China has been forced to close for the rest of the year because hundreds of tourists have stripped it of its celebrated lotus flowers. Longqiao Cultural and ...