Having a solid rhizome , you will have soon flowers...Ginger plant, Giant Plume, Curcuma Elata, Hidden lilyCurcuma Elata sends up an magnificent inflorescence in the spring, being one of the first gingers to bloom. This happens before the leaves start to grow.It will rise to 12" or more in the most beautiful shades of pink with little yellow flowers growing around the edges.The leaves will rise 3-8' tall and are a beautiful shade of green with a burgundy/ red stripe down the center of the leaf.The flower stalks and colorful bracts provide an exotic, long-lasting source for cut flowers in bouquets . Leaves with pronounced red-colored midveins become decorative filler in these arrangements as well. The flowers will come first, them their leaves..that are a show to the eyes, it have this velvet feel under the leaves and this combination of green with a red center line...They will go to dormant stage, on winter...All depend of the area...i have 4 areas with them, and the flowers came on different times ...One of natures most beautiful, unique and cold hardy flowering gingers. Curcuma can be grown in ground as far north as the Carolinas, when properly mulched. In tropical climes, curcuma provide seasonal interest in foliage and flowers in a mixed shrub border. They grow well as houseplants, even though they naturally die back and go into dormancy every winter. . It likes a very rich organic soil high in nitrogen. During winter dormancy, the rhizomes should not be kept too wet, or they may rot.Pink cones above little yellow and white flowers bloom in early spring. Here in Puerto Rico they are one of the first flowers to come up n spring with their striking pink/purple inflorescence followed by green leaves with burgundy red midrib stripe. I will upload soon , a photo of the leaves....You will receive 1 , this are Large rhizomes with roots , No returns ,once their dug up....Shipping increase, sorry for this...
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