Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hedychium ellipticum is flowering!, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Within 2 days the flower had many more florets open, but now the bottom ones are drooping. They don't look too bad, there is still more to open at the top.

The weather has been 'hot' for this time of year, up to over 26C(80F) today. I don't close the greenhouse up altogether at night, nights are sometimes quite cold, we had 7C one night. In the morning it gets sun, and the scent is really interesting and strong in the warmth. In the afternoon it is mostly shaded.

A second stem is just showing a flower bud, I don't know if it will make it before the cold sets in.

This was taken on the 6th.