just like you all told me! i was ready to cut the stalk to make cuttings when i saw this!
YES! and then there were two!!
Beautiful what is the name of it
Lavina
lavina it is an Costus Amazonicus. quickly becoming one of my favorite gingers because of the striking variegation....since i'm a variegation FREAK....it just added to my frenzy! LOL
LOLOLOLOL..don't cut it just yet.......
ok ok ok!!! LOL tell me "When"!!!! you said there would be more...so i'm listening carefully...hehehehe~!
Well it will tell you when those flowers will stop popping up..turns brown or make seeds..lol..just have to have patience...lol
patience....such a virtue... one that i have been told i lack...LOL...just a bit! at times???? i will be patient i don't want to lose this one and just learning what and how to do it.
thanks again so much nadine!
Ya welcome!!!
tobe43,
nice plant, and beautiful flower. glad you didn't cut it off.
well..bward.. thanks so much we will love her...we didn't cut it off!!!!..but i did take a cutting to richard, the gingerman for a trade, and i have another one rooting in my kitchen....that stem is STILL blooming!!
I'd like a tuber, too! It's really pretty.
actually.....the piece that broke off is still my kitchen....and it's rooting!!! i just hope it continues..it's lost most of the leaves...but the top is still looking great! i'm keeping my fingers crossed...it's too young to pull the tubers as yet...but if this rooting works i'll have a few to share and spare!
That's really neat... I know nothing of rooting but am happy for you. I have some supposedly rare ones that are just sprouting - pink and orange, I think.
well...i'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will work...i know that after they flower you bury the stem and they take root...but this particular cultivar is very slow!