Arundina graminifolia - the tall and the short varieties
Sometime in November, Randy posted a thread on Arundina graminifolia and I said that I would post some pics on the tall and short varieties of it and also of A graminifolia growing in situ. Well I went up to the Cameron Highlands to spend the Xmas holidays with my second son and his family and took the opportunity to take some photos oof the arundina. Hope Randy and others interested will enjoy the pics.
NB: I've taken some photos of the arundina growing in situ. Arundina graminifolia seems to be one of the few of nature's creations to thrive in the wake of human activities.With the rapid development(?) of the highlands for fruit and vegetable farming,and floriculture (esp chrysanthemum ), infra-structure activities such as cutting of hill slopes for roads and housing have resulted in bare open slopes.These slopes have too little top soil for trees to take root, but within 2 years they are covered with coarse grass, ferns and hardy shrubs like the Straits Rhododendon(Melasstoma malabathricum; and within 5-6 years we'll find colonies of A graminifolia, Spathoglottis plicata and a var of Coelogyne and Bulbophyllum.
Pic #1 - Typical Arundina area by the roadside. They don't grow beyond the 'tree-line' as they like full sun.
Pic #2 - A well-established clump of arundina
Pic #3 - Arundina beginning to establish colonies in a new housing area
Pic #4 - Me with a clump of arundina . I'm 5' 4" tall.
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