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To: numberonepal
It looks like some variety of Hedychium, a relative of ginger.

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281 posted on 06/24/2020 9:40:48 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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284 posted on 06/24/2020 9:49:25 AM PDT by eldoradude (Boycott Chinese made goods)
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To: LonePalm; little jeremiah

It’s fantastic. I want to grow it.


294 posted on 06/24/2020 10:15:47 AM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: LonePalm; numberonepal

I don’t think it’s that flower; I have picked those before and the petals are not very orange and they will ultra fast. They smell ultra heavenly, of course. Ginger and probably this whichs is a sort of type of ginger are AFAIK sub tropical, so some areas of the US could grow, or in protected greenhouse type arrangement.

I’ve grown ginger from ginger root in OR but never got it to flower. I’ve kept it alive and had some new small yummy ginger root, takes at least 9 months. I don’t know if regular commmercial ginger root has nice flowers like wild ginger flowers, or cultivated ginger flowers, I’ve only picked wild ones, both white and yellow.


299 posted on 06/24/2020 10:25:04 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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