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朝生暮死 - 鳳眼藍 Live for a day - Water Hyacinth 文 | 章詠嵐 Text | Candy Cheung 鳳眼藍 Water Hyacinth (Eichhorinia crassipes) 是一種常見的水生植物，擁有漂 亮的名字，外型亦美艷非常，紫藍色的花朵花正中有一菱形的黃色斑點，尤如鳳 凰的眼睛，因而得名。亦由於鳳眼藍花朵漂亮奪目，又容易繁殖，原本只生長在 南美洲熱帶和亞熱帶地區的鳳眼藍，已引進世界多個國家作園藝觀賞之用。在香 港，一些荒置魚塘，甚至溝渠等淡水水域都可找到鳳眼藍的蹤影。但不要以為這 樣就可以輕易觀賞到此美艷的鳳凰，因為鳳眼藍的花朵只有一天的壽命。 Water Hyacinth (Eichhorinia crassipes) is a common aquatic plant. It has a beautiful name as well as a charming appearance. In the middle of the purple blue flower is a yellow, diamond-shaped spot that resembles the eye of a legendary phoenix. Because of its beauty and easy propagation, the South American tropical and subtropical plant has been widely introduced into many countries for ornamental use. In Hong Kong, the species can be found in freshwater including abandoned fishponds and even gullies. But it is actually not easy to spot the flower, as each blooms for only a day. 眼藍是雨久花科 (Pontederiaceae) ater Hyacinth is a perennial thus earning it another name “water 鳳眼蓮屬( E i c h h o r n i a )的多年生 f l o a t i n g h e r b o f t h e g e n u s b o t t l e g o u r d ”. H o w e v e r, w he n i t i s E i c h h o r n i a f r o m t h e squeezed within a dense population, 漂浮性草本植物。整株高30-50厘米，葉 Pontederiaceae family. The plant is t h e s t a l k b e c o m e s s l i m t o a l l o w 片寬大，形態獨特，像一個漂浮在水面上 3 0 – 5 0 c m h i g h , w i t h b r o a d l e a v e s more space for its neighbours. How 的 蓮 座 ， 所 以 又 叫 「 浮 水 蓮 花 」 。 鳳 眼 and a unique form that resembles a amazing! 藍最特別的是它的葉柄，葉柄內裡佈滿氣 floating lotus seat on water. Hence it