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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="/banner/banner.js"></script></script><script>tql_drawTop();</script> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=85 BGCOLOR="#00FF33" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="899" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00BF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#9966CC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="93"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Site Title"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="127"><div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U><B>ABOUT</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="127"><div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>HISTORY</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Structure"><U><B>FLOWER</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="122"><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Problem"><U><B>PROBLEM</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> </B><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTROL"><U><B>SOLUTION</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Team"><U><B>TEAM</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>T</B><B>he Flower</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="053d3330.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="307" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> THE   PLANT</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  The water hyacinth has a very supportive structure. It sometimes roots on the river bank, but usually is a free-floating plant.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> FLOWER</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>    Summer is a common season for the water hyacinth to bloom. The flower spikes have at least four to twenty-five flowers. The flowers each have six petals. The most attractive petal on the water hyacinth is the highest petal. The color is what makes the petal attractive. It is dark, dark blue with a bright yellow in the center. This special petal is the only one with these beautiful colors. The others petals are super pale purple.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>LEAVES AND STEMS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>      Leaves are very beautiful dark green. The leaves are shiny and glossy. They are shaped just like teeny-tiny snails that can really easily catch the wind. This method helps the water hyacinth to float or “sail” away to build a new colony of new plants. All the leaves have a special swollen bladder-like stalk. If you take a blade and slice into it, you will discover that inside of it will be soft. This makes it easier for the water hyacinth to float. The leaves make rosettes encircling the stem.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ROOT SYSTEM</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     The water hyacinth has piles of royal brown roots which have small hairs covering it. These roots and root hairs suck up mineral salts and water.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>REPRODUCTION</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> The water hyacinth reproduces by seeds and by means of vegetative reproduction. All the pieces that break of a water hyacinth can float off and start a new plant. The parent water hyacinth makes side shoots that will break off and develop into new water hyacinths. The water hyacinth can also produce masses of seeds and these seeds can lie dormant for at least fifteen years.</B><B>An ideal condition says that the number of water hyacinths doubles every six to fifteen days. Also, in just one season, a number su</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#33FF33" FACE="Lucida Calligraphy" ><B>ch as twenty-five water hyacinths can add up to two million plants, which is a lot!</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table><script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-174705-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga); })(); </script></body>