There is beauty, however, hidden from most people unfamiliar with the plant.
Picture of Water Hyacinth with leaves and stems somewhere in Laguna de Bay
How beautiful and colorful its flowers are. Beauty in spite of its destructive presence.Tutubi has seen water hyacinths used in waste water treatment, others claim the plant's high nitrogen content make it a potential biogass source. The most succesful use of the plant, however, is the use of its fibrous stem as handicraft materials for bags, mats, and slippers (like the ones in Las Pinas City, where the erroneously called "Water Lily Festival" is celebrated in July)
Other Information:
There is a Hyacinth in Greek mythology from whom the pretty hyacinth flower is named after. The bataw, of Bahay Kubo fame, in English is hyacinth bean.
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Love them!very pretty!
ReplyDeleteAah, pretty flowers of the lily. I used to live near the Pasig River-it bordered my backyard-and since I see this plant daily when I was a kid, I never realized there's beauty in them. Baby shrimps love to cling on their root and we'd get them for bait.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting these lovely pictures.
I know very little of flowers and plants, but this is a pretty one.
ReplyDeleteaha! bataw = hyacinth bean. salamat! =)
ReplyDeletevery lovely pictures, btw =)
lovely! :) i like the color!!!! ;p
ReplyDeleteA beautiful kind of flow indeed. It's hard to spot water lilies here though.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know it's harmful. I always see this stuff floating in Pasig River everytime I would walk crossing the Guadalupe Bridge (called "Tulay" in EDSA). And yes, I have heard it's a good source of biogas. I think I read it from Manila Bulletin sometime ago :)
ReplyDeleteI thought that their reason for being in the Pasig and Marikina Rivers is that they are helping control pollution in the waters. So they are actually doing more harm than good? Hmmm.
ReplyDeletecheh, really pretty, eh?
ReplyDeletemari, dati ka palang anak ng pasig tapos may hipon pa sya that means ang tagal na nun
pieterbie, pretty one but destructive if there are too many of them
carlotta, mag-post kaya ako ng english ng bahay kubo, u like?
tina, makulay nga
kyels, here in pinas, some lakes and waterways are clogged up with one of the fastest growing plants there is
dodong, they're harmful if there are too many lalo na pag barado na daan. sa laguna they control them by tying them together so they look like green islands from afar
watson, sometimes they're really used for wastewater treatment due to their ability to survive in polluted environments. destructive of they're too many plus they choke the water of oxygen and obstruct sunlight
lol why not makunat? sensya na ha nadisturb talaga ako dun sa assignment nung pamangkin ko eh hahahaha :D
ReplyDeletelove the color, great shot.
ReplyDeletenini
my father in law's favorite flower...nice shots!
ReplyDeleteNever saw them with flowers...:-(
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they try to destroy some of them if they are harmful. There are lots of them in the Pasig River and Laguna de Bay.
great colors tutubi... love it. :)
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ReplyDeletewhat a beauty! we have so many exotic plants in pinas ... too bad I didn't know how to admire them when I was growing up ... but now I do!
ReplyDeletecarlotta, hintyinmo hanaplang ako pictureng bahay kubo sa archives ko
ReplyDeletenini,thanksbut no poetry still
thess, favorite flower?hemust've been living in a place full of them.
sidney,destrying them ain't easy.even someUS lakes and rivers are choked by themfor they nultiply so fast. but converting them to biogassholdsmuch promise if they're fast growers-- highly renewable energy
lino, thanks for dropping by again
bebang, that'sbe great but i'm already booked on dec 8. is there another sked with the gangsters?
nance, many plants indeed butunappreciated. thanks
ayos ang shots dre.. nagawa na ba sa pinas na iconvert sa biogas ang mga waterlilies?
ReplyDeletekneeko, wala pa ako alam gumagawa nyan, puro mats, bags, slippers atbp. yung sa biogass may nakita ako minsan research paper on that pati process. di ko lang alam kung feasible sya pero promising since ang bilis dumami ng halaman na yan
ReplyDeletethese pests are the cause of flooding of cotabato city indeed, clogging rio grande de mindanao
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