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Been absent at Ruby Tuesday for quite awhile. For a comeback, let me share this vibrant ginger flower with you. Took these photos at the garden in Eastwood when I took my 4-year old nephew and Fritz to watch the dancing fountain. It rained earlier that afternoon---droplets of rain still cling to the petals. I was delighted when I saw this ginger flower...my grandmother had this plant in her garden and I used to bring the flowers to school.
Ginger is a rhizome of the perennial herb which is indigenous to the South west coast of India and the Malabar coast of the state of Kerala. Gingers, a multifaceted herb,enjoy a special position in the botanical kingdom with their elegance in form, texture, sparkling color, and amazing symmetry. The word ginger conjures up images of an exotic oriental food flavoring; however, edible ginger - Zingiber officinale, is only one of approximately 1,300 species of the very diverse Zingiberaceae family. Source: The Flower Expert
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23 comments:
Great post for RT. This is another kind of ginger flower, You framed it so well.
:-O so pretty! I once own such a plant but it never bloomed until it died :D Not so green-thumbed hehe
-Gizelle
Beautiful capture of the ginger flower.
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this is a beautiful lily. i believe it belongs to the lily family.
I eat ginger root a lot; I had no idea there are many varieties of ginger flowers. Vibrant.
The red here is incredible. I have grown Ginger but never managed to get it to bloom
I never realized that the ginger root produced such a beautiful red flower!
Have a great week, Miranda!
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Pretty and graceful!
I have a fascination with ginger flowers. They are so pretty.
So pretty! there's lots of them here.
Beautiful ginger flower. Great shot.
Happy Ruby Tuesday.
Very pretty flower.
Superb colors!
Never realized that even ginger flower can look this beautiful
:)
BHupesh
pretty. . great photos
happy healh pad
beautiful capture!! i like it very much.
Gorgeous flowers.
Rachel
wow! i might run out of idea if ill participate this. hahaha...
i think we used to have this in my uncle's backyard.
That is so pretty, and may I say....'stately'?!!! Well, it is!!
LEGO art is my Ruby Tuesday today, hope you can stop by to join me!!
nice shot, it comes more alive esp w/ the trickle of rain in it.
Great shots and ideal for Ruby Tuesday!! I wonder how it tastes...
I cook with ginger every day but have never seen the flower. Thanks for sharing the beautiful images.
VEry pretty plant. I love the spoon shape foliage.
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Hmmm. I would love to grow this in my Canadian garden...but there's not a chance.
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