Three small sticks peg the waterlily in position, this should help to hold the lily in position long enough to root in and to discourage largish frogs from bumping and knocking the vulnerable new start about. The pot has been drenched with water and pressed firm to help settle it in the pot to reduce cavities, the sides of the pot are stabbed every 6" to make vents to help the dirt stay fresh in the pot. With little circulation, decomposing soil within a pot can cause aneirobic soil conditions Waterlily rhisomes are buoyant, they can float out of a pot when disrupted