DONG THAP – Hoang head seal – a typical flower of the western rivers – blooms brightly in the whole field in Tram Chim National Park, attracting tourists.
On the morning of March 12, Ms. Dang Bich Han with her family and friends from Ho Chi Minh City went to Tram Chim National Park to visit the flower field quite early. After traveling by motorbike along the dike lines surrounding the garden, her group was taken by tac gong (a type of motorboat in the West) to subdivision A4, continuing to wade for about 100 meters to reach the flower field. .
“I am very happy to wade in the mud. The flowers are very beautiful, the effort is well worth it”, she said. Along with Ms. Han, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Du was quite interested in the feeling of wading in the mud, admiring the royal head seal. “This flower is very simple, because it blooms in the whole field, it is beautiful and special”.
Mr. Le Hoang Long, Director of Tram Chim Tourist Area, said that this year flowers appear in both A4 and A5 areas, with a total area of about 25 hectares. The garden is operating a tour to visit royal flowers in subdivision A4 with a package ticket price from 250,000 to 300,000 VND per person, expected to open the tour until the end of May.
The name royal head seal comes from the bright yellow flower color, small shape when blooming into many buds like a small seal. The flower stem is about 10-20 cm long, grows in a bush, also known as a kitchen wand or a drumstick.
Flowers currently only grow in Tram Chim National Park, where the wild features of the Dong Thap Muoi region are still preserved. Flowers bloom from March to May, only bloom from 10am to 13pm during the day.
Mr. Phan Chi Nhut, guide of Tram Chim tourist area, a native of Tam Nong, shared that his grandparents were very afraid when they met the royal seal flowers because they signaled that the land was heavily contaminated with alum. To grow rice on this land of flowers is very hard work, it takes many years to improve.
The flower that signals the land of acid burnt grass is quite attractive to tourists every time it blooms. Tram Chim tourist area used to put flower fields into operation in the years 2015-2017. But then they stop blooming, until 2020 and 2022.
Tram Chim National Park (Tam Nong District) – The 2,000th Ramsar site in the world, the 4th in Vietnam, 40 km from Cao Lanh city, more than 100 km from Ho Chi Minh City, with an area of more than 7,000 hectares. Overall, Tram Chim National Park is distributed into many ecosystems such as animals, plants, melaleuca forests, seasonally flooded fields, grasslands, tube grass, ghost rice fields, strabismus and swamp ecosystems.