Just like the Bird of Paradise, this plant has kept me waiting for so many years to see it bloom. Last year, after three years plus of waiting, the former granted my wish. With that, I thought the latter's turn will come very soon.
With almost four years of no luck I was inclined to conclude I'm waiting for a flower to sprout from the wrong plant. Whenever I see posts of the Torch Ginger from other bloggers I can't help myself but be envious. One blogger friend, Africanaussie, suggested I send her pictures of our ginger so she can help verify if it is really a Torch Ginger. Immediately I asked my mother to take a picture of the said plant, but since we now have different species of gingers in the garden, she's already confused as to which plant is which.
Then one January morning, as mother was going around the garden to check on the plants, lo and behold, two Torch Gingers are in bloom. They may only have one flower each but that is more than enough for me, I'm happy!
1 comments:
Thanks Africanaussie and Andrea. I don't know why both of your comments did not appear here (unless you deleted it...LOL), maybe another Blogger problem.
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Hello Africanaussie,
I don't think I would also pick the flowers for food if there's only a few. I'd rather look and admire their beauty than serve them at the dinner table.
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Hello Andrea,
I don't think I would ever be disgusted with them if they multiply and expand somewhere else. In fact I asked my mother to propagate the shoots coming out of the mother plants so we could plant them somewhere else.
There are ways to prevent them from invading other areas, a rhizome barrier will definitely prevent that from happening.
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