Picture this.....Torch ginger
I am so excited to have a torch ginger flower, and hope this is a sign of many more to come. As you can see the flower comes out at the base of the long arching leaves. They go right up into the lychee tree - about 15ft! Look how little it looks right at the base of the huge leaves! they normally do have a longer stem. Just look at this gorgeous flower... the petals are waxy and according to k ebunmalaykadazangirls can be used to added to laksa. I wont be eating mine though - too busy admiring it. from every angle - so much so that I thought I might enter her in the Picture This contest at Gardening gone wild . the theme is to fill the frame, and that is what this little beauty does I think. the caladiums are popping up all over the garden too - they don't all disappear during the dry, but they are very happy once it get hot and humid and muggy. I thought this one had gone - I am pleased to see it back once aga...