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Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!              Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 10:43 AM CST |
| I do love the Gingers! Globba aka Dancing Ladies - White Dragon, Ruby Queen and Yellow    Curcuma - Siam Tulip and Costus - Spiral Ginger - Foster Variegated  Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
So Cal (Zone 10b)     OldGardener Jul 17, 2014 12:08 PM CST |
| Those are so stunning!!! I am just starting with the gingers (I find them quite addictive) and your photos really are a great motivator. "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 12:26 PM CST |
| Thanks .. the Hidden Gingers and Butterfly Gingers haven't started blooming yet .. being in the ground, they don't get as much water as the others. I first got into the Butterfly Gingers, Hedychium when I gave up on Canna Lily because of the Leaf Rollers. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
So Cal (Zone 10b) OldGardener Jul 17, 2014 12:47 PM CST |
Hedychium were my first purchase, too (Luna Moth and White Butterfly). I just recently planted 2 Costus and I have Hedychium Elizabeth and (2) types of Alpinia starts on the way. As I said, I am finding them very addictive - almost too much so  I am embarrassed to admit that I have not seen globba before your photos today. My, they really are divine!!! "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 1:08 PM CST |
| I discovered Globba quite by accident ... I had rooted around 20 cuttings of Beaumontia grandiflora for a friend with an online plant store in exchange for plants .. I said surprise me. I received my plants in the fall and a few were really unimpressive leaf wise and forgot about them. In Spring when the leaves started showing up in the pot I was still unimpressed ... a few weeks later I was walking in my garden and noticed the unimpressive pot of leaves had bloomed! It was the Globba White Dragon. My jaw just dropped to the ground. Since then I've been collecting the different colors as I find them. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
So Cal (Zone 10b) OldGardener Jul 17, 2014 1:28 PM CST |
Does your friend still have an online store perchance? It is so odd that you mention Beaumontia grandiflora. I had this many, many years ago but when our house was destroyed in the Northridge quake, I did not think of taking any cuttings when we moved. Of course, afterwards when I was trying to locate a new starter plant, none were to be found.  I can see why your jaw dropped. Those are so gorgeous! I am trying to convince myself that surely I can find room for one or two more gingers  "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 1:43 PM CST |
| Lol ... good luck with the "one or two more gingers". At the rate I'm going plant wise, I'm probably going to need a 3rd greenhouse come Winter and here I've been trying to downsize! Unfortunately the store no longer exists. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: mj Central Florida      mjsponies Jul 17, 2014 5:33 PM CST |
Yeah Anne  See what you did !! ...Now I'm hooked on the Globba's !  God gave us wings. He just called them horses |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 5:49 PM CST |
| MJ! They BOTH bloomed? How awesome is that! If my Ruby Queen ever decides to be fruitful and multiply I'll send some your way. Oh and the yellow one produces bulbils by the bushels. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: mj Central Florida mjsponies Jul 17, 2014 6:10 PM CST |
| Yeah the Yellow has 3 Spikes and has baby's coming up beside it...AND ... a baby C.Illustris Wonder how that got there ? I'd love to get the pink one too ! Are there any other colors ? God gave us wings. He just called them horses |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 7:16 PM CST |
| Lol .. that Illustris sure gets around ... it's piggybacked with a lot of plants I've mailed out. There is a mauve and pink Globba ... both with green leaves instead of the dark leaves of Ruby Queen ... They pretty much look the same to me ... also there are tons of other Globba species ... I've avoided looking any up for obvious reasons. Those are the only colors I've seen. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change         dyzzypyxxy Jul 17, 2014 7:36 PM CST |
| Wonderful looking gingers, Anne and Mj. They are some of my favorites, too. My Hedychiums just started blooming last week and they found me by the scent. So heavenly! Love that variegated Costus with the pink ! flower. The Globba are amazing, too. I just don't have a good spot in the shade for them right now. This is a 'new' baby that I did the same as you with the Globba. Someone gave me a start, I said 'oh, just another Costus' and popped it in a pot that promptly got engulfed by the jungle last summer. I discovered it when I literally tripped over the pot and the flower hit me in the leg. Made a good spot for it this spring and it is happily increasing. Costus speciosus Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 17, 2014 7:56 PM CST |
| I love your Costus ... the flowers look like tissue paper! I have a Costus pictus as well ... it hasn't bloomed yet for me this year. The only Ginger's I've ever noticed a fragrance on are the Hedychiums ... I keep sticking my nose in the others but nothing so far. I've also got the Shell Ginger, Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' but it will probably never bloom for me since it blooms on old growth. I love the leaves on them. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Jul 17, 2014 8:27 PM CST |
That's a great shot. I have Costus Pictus too, and it seems to pop out flowers when I least expect it. I also have a variegated form that hasn't bloomed since I planted it out in the ground, guess it's going to have to come back into a nice pot next fall . ..  So right, no fragrance except on the Hedychiums and I even have one Hedychium that is not fragrant. In fact that plant has been a total disappointment. It's Hedychium greenii, has nice dark leaves, red stems and supposed to have red flowers. Well, I got about 3 very small flowers last year, then it began making plantlets on the flower scapes. So . . . well, I have lots of new plants of it, but don't know what to do with them. I've been meaning to move the clump out to a location with more sun, just haven't gotten a round toit. One of those jobs that take the longest, right? I have some Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' that bloom faithfully each year but they're in such a shady hidden corner I hardly ever get to see them. Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 18, 2014 5:51 AM CST |
| I'm going to try and keep my Alpinia going this winter in the greenhouse to see if I can get some blooms out of it. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Jul 18, 2014 8:12 AM CST |
Just went out to hunt the Alpinias up, and they are all finished blooming for this year,  I did find my little Peacock Ginger (Kaemferia) going to town with little sparkly flowers. They have so much diamond dusting, the color washes out for the camera. I had to shade them with my hand to get the color. These guys put out new flowers every day, but they fade by afternoon. The roots smell very ginger-y Also found the Zingiber zerumbet blooming away. It's another one that hides its flowers and I usually never see them until the 'cones' turn red after the flowers are gone.  So,now that I was out really looking, the Rainbow Costus made a liar out of me, with two scapes starting flowers. The plant still looks pretty ratty compared to when it was in a pot, though.    Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 18, 2014 8:16 AM CST |
Oh I like that Rainbow Costus! My Peacock Ginger is blooming too .. it was extremely late coming up and I thought I had lost it. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: mj Central Florida mjsponies Jul 18, 2014 8:18 AM CST |
Variegated Pine Cone Ginger has been LOVING the rain. God gave us wings. He just called them horses |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Jul 18, 2014 8:24 AM CST |
| Nice! I'm going to have to add some of those pretty soon. What's the difference between the Pine cone ginger and Shampoo ginger? Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: mj Central Florida mjsponies Jul 18, 2014 9:03 AM CST |
| Nuttin... God gave us wings. He just called them horses |
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