Blue Water Hyacinth Bloom at Yuen Long’s Nga Yee Shan
I once photographed water hyacinths in Kam Tin back in 2015, but this time I shot them at the fish ponds beneath Nga Yee Shan in Yuen Long. The blue water hyacinth flowers, which bloom for just one day, were in full bloom. The shooting location was right next to the pond, where I also managed to capture several common dragonflies and damselflies. Although it was raining, I still took quite a few photos. Water hyacinths bloom new flowers daily, but each flower only lasts for a single day. If you arrive too early, as I’ve seen in previous years, the entire pond might not have any blooms yet—seeing the flowers really does require a bit of luck.
Water hyacinths are hardy plants, often used by farmers in the New Territories as pig feed. Yet when purple flowers cover an entire fish pond, they create a stunningly beautiful seascape (or field). Thanks to the water channels that separate the blooms, photography generally doesn’t harm their beauty. Everyone, please try your best to take your trash with you—we hope to see this beautiful sight in Hong Kong every year.
Transportation: Take minibus 74 from Fuk Hong Street in Yuen Long to Shing Uk Tsuen (Tai Jing Wai) terminus. Ask the locals how to get to the fish ponds, then it’s about a ten-minute walk. For the return trip, it’s recommended to get off at Long Ping MTR station, as traffic in central Yuen Long can be heavy.
Narrow-Winged Darter Dragonfly (Neurothemis tullia tullia):
Variegated Flutterer Dragonfly (Rhyothemis variegata arria). Blue Water Hyacinth Flower:
Ryukyuan Citrine Dart (Ceriagrion auranticum ryukyuanum):
Pointed Skimmer Dragonfly (Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides):
Mating Syntomoides Moth (Syntomoides imaon):
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High-rises lie right behind the flower sea:
A little heart-shaped island has formed:
Blue Water Hyacinth Flower Sea:
Map: the blue arrow indicates the location of the flower sea
2015 Kam Tin Blue Water Hyacinth Bloom Recap (not sure if they’re still blooming there now):
http://matthew-chin.blogspot.hk/2015/10/blog-post.html?m=0