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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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| Ginger @ mirandablue |
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Great post for RT. This is another kind of ginger flower, You framed it so well.
ReplyDelete:-O so pretty! I once own such a plant but it never bloomed until it died :D Not so green-thumbed hehe
ReplyDelete-Gizelle
Beautiful capture of the ginger flower.
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this is a beautiful lily. i believe it belongs to the lily family.
ReplyDeleteI eat ginger root a lot; I had no idea there are many varieties of ginger flowers. Vibrant.
ReplyDeleteThe red here is incredible. I have grown Ginger but never managed to get it to bloom
ReplyDeleteI never realized that the ginger root produced such a beautiful red flower!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Miranda!
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Pretty and graceful!
ReplyDeleteI have a fascination with ginger flowers. They are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! there's lots of them here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ginger flower. Great shot.
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Very pretty flower.
ReplyDeleteSuperb colors!
ReplyDeleteNever realized that even ginger flower can look this beautiful
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BHupesh
pretty. . great photos
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beautiful capture!! i like it very much.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers.
ReplyDeleteRachel
wow! i might run out of idea if ill participate this. hahaha...
ReplyDeletei think we used to have this in my uncle's backyard.
That is so pretty, and may I say....'stately'?!!! Well, it is!!
ReplyDeleteLEGO 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.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and ideal for Ruby Tuesday!! I wonder how it tastes...
ReplyDeleteI cook with ginger every day but have never seen the flower. Thanks for sharing the beautiful images.
ReplyDeleteVEry 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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