grass identification

[John Immanuel R. Palma]

hello everyone!! i need help in identifying a couple of grass species…I saw these grasses in Bali and recently in SHMA’s website…Can someone please help identify the following:

1.) grass 01

2.)grass 02

thank you so much

[Goustan BODIN]

You send the same link twice, and I must shamefully admit, I don’t know this one ! 

Please send another link to give me a second chance at guessing 🙂

[John Immanuel R. Palma]

Im so sorry for posting the same link….here is the first one :http://wisont.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/shma-23estate-09.jpg?w=584

Thank you so much for taking the time in answering my query

[Rob Halpern]

Appears to be a species of pennisetum. Perhaps one of the running species rather than the clumpers, but can’t tell for sure from phots

[Goustan BODIN]

Good eye, Rob !

It’s Pennisetum Alopecuroides, comes in clumps.

It’s red cousin is Pennisetum setaceum, cv. ‘Rubrum’ (same aspect, bronze red color)

Both available in the US if I’m not mistaken.

[Rob Halpern]

Thanks, but I am not convinced it is P. Alopecuroides. .Pennisetum orientale  maybe? P. macrourum ?

[Goustan BODIN]

I like these grasses, and in my books it was pictured as P. alopecuroides. But you made me doubt the book (local books not so trustworthy), I had to search the answer and turned to my favorite site: wikipedia.

Pennisetum alopecuroides actually looks like the grass in the first 2 links

Pennisetum setaceum should be the right one 

Pennisetum orientale I’ve never seen it. As far as I know not available here.

Pennisetum macrourum Had never heard of it. As far as I know not available here.

It’s always good to learn more about plants (especially nice looking grasses ^^ ), thanks guys !

[John Immanuel R. Palma]

Thank you so much!! I love grasses , i think they are very much under-utilized here (philippines)…and im doing a mini research on emergent grass species for my masters

[Goustan BODIN]

Here in Thailand you couldn’t find a single one up until roughly 5 yrs ago. Now the trend caught up and you see them everywhere. There is a new one popping-up every year or so. I believe the trend should spread with the same speed in the Philipines : seeing is believing.

[Rob Halpern]

There are many beautiful Pennisetums but one must be careful in the tropics where some have become invasive pest species.

The grass in the first two links is not, I think, a Pennisetum. Flower seems all wrong. Perhaps a species of Calamagrostis?

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