2009年4月去桂林旅游,在江边休息时看到水面飘了许多水葫芦,出于好奇,我捞了一株带回家栽培。我把它放在小水缸中,1个多月就发展了好几株,分给两个花友一些,又把它从水缸中移到60×30×26厘米的金鱼缸中。金鱼与水葫芦同养,不用换水,二者都很兴旺(图4)。6月初,竟开出了两朵紫色花。水葫芦属于水面附生草本植物,每株由8～9个分枝组成。水葫芦长约7厘米(图1),上方长有一叶片,马蹄形(图2),5～6厘米。每株中间有一个叶茎较长,也就是开花叶茎,高20厘米,叶茎下长着根须(图3)。花葶修长,从叶丛中抽出,穗状花序,着花6～9朵,淡紫色,花期6～7月。 April 2009 to travel in Guilin, see the water floating in the waterfront many water hyacinth, out of curiosity, I took a fishing home to cultivate. I put it in a small water tank, more than a month to develop several strains, assigned to two of the Friends of the Flower, and then moved it from the water tank to 60 × 30 × 26 cm goldfish bowl. Goldfish and water hyacinth with the support, do not change the water, both are very prosperous (Figure 4). In early June, actually opened two purple flowers. Water hyacinth belongs to the epiphytic herb, each plant consists of 8 to 9 branches. Water hyacinth about 7 cm (Figure 1), long above the blade, horseshoe (Figure 2), 5 to 6 cm. The middle of each plant has a longer leaf stem, which is the flowering leaf stem, 20 cm high, rooted under the root of the stems and leaves (Figure 3). Scape slender, drawn from the leaves, spikes, flowers 6 to 9, light purple, flowering 6 to 7 months.