BASIL MINT AND OTHER GOODIES

Dave! HELP! I need that e-mail address again!!

Dave, got a bloom on the new curcuma Siamensus?...any help to positive ID?

Kassy, this daylily is called Dragon Lore

My crinum asiaticum is blooming again

A dwarf Curcuma

and my Bird of Paradise Strelitzia reginae finally bloomed

Hi Jean, in A.Graf "Tropica" the description for Curcuma siamensis says: compact habit, leaves 30-40 cm with a depressed yellowish mid-rib; green-cupped lower bracts, topped by concave bracts of creamy pink.

If you Google Curcuma, you can find a photo of your plant by Dave Skinner at GingersrUs listed as

Very pretty Jean. The closest that I have to that is this one.

I have 2 of these reds so far that have bloomed, and the rest are mostly orange.........but I might get a pink one if the guy in florida finds his ^_^

And he offered me different kinds of ginger too.

Hey! My epithet didn't load.

Jean, there should have been Curcuma rhabdota listed on that last post. I believe that is your plant.

See I'm not the only one having problems with pictures..............LOL

I think they are out to get us Dave :(

Okay. Trying to get a bit of house work done while it is 30%-ing outside and the TV is on HGTV in the other room. I hear them talking about pin stripe gray flannel and my ADD brain jumps to 1956 movie THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT. I was five when it came out, and think we saw it at the drive-in when I was 8 or 9. I was trying to remember who portrayed the title character and just couldn't get a picture , I went to imdb.com and searched. It was Gregory Peck. While I was looking at the cast of characters, I noticed that they include everyone in the cast, speaking and non speaking, even walk-ons. DeForrest Kelly, "Bones" of Star Trek fame was in this movie...he was not on the screen credits, but he is listed in the movie credits. His role....MEDIC.....boy was he type cast early on????

Oh, kitchen's clean and I had a good time...grin

Lovely blooming flower pic's Kassy and Jean. Jean, I especially like your Strelitzia reginae bloom. How old is your plant?

It is about 4 years old Rachel. Has been moved once, and think it may need to be relocated one more time as the gingers, ferns and Clerodendron are encroaching on it and shading it a bit more than I would like. I just love the blue blazing against the orange.

Thanks Dave, duly noted and hopefully i will remember where I wrote it.