Long pointy glumes
Utricles with forked beak
2-4 spikelets with some drooping
Wide leaves
Palm, facultative storage in stem. On limestone karst. (Seen on nearby hills to botanical gradens; similar to species seen in Vienales).
Possibly Gaussia princeps.
Male and female. Strings of black eggs. Garden pond.
Reported nest box for an Indian Roller. Not directly observed by me but considered reliable report.