Another beauty originating from Madagascar. It is also known by several names viz Umbrella Papyrus, Umbrella Sedge and Galingale. Papyrus due to its relation with the early Egyptian papyrus used for making paper and Galingale or galangal being the aromatic ginger rhizome used in Asian cooking or as herbs.
This tropical accent plant looks great in water gardens, ponds, bogs or margin areas near water. Its an ideal ornamental plant in homes or containers. However, it appears they thrive anywhere, in wet or dry land.
It' is perennially evergreen and grows in dense clumps. The stems are like smooth reeds and can grow to about 3-5 feet tall. A spiral arrangement of long thin leaves sits at the top of the spike. When it does flower, there will be spikelets of small brown flowers arising from the rosette.
It can be a prolific grower and needs control to prevent these attractive clumps turning into weeds. If grown in shallow depths, like many garden water features in Malaysia, owners will include live fishes to keep the mosquito larvae at bay.
omg I didn't know this is a kind of "palm" as well!?
ReplyDeleteIt's grown really fast in water~! love this and have one of this too~!