[islaverde]

One of the variants, looks like a chrysanthemum flower

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/motane/3ff9a42e.jpg

[HortVet]

Nice.
I have a pale pink and a white which are not as robust as the normal pink, and have yet to prosper to the point where they can flower. I have since gotte n a white from another friend, and his is very very robust, so I hope to see some bloom within the next 6 mths.
The red is a huge plant but doesn't flower as frequently as the pink, for me.

[islaverde]

A friend had a variant that has lotus-like flowers. Etlingera elatior cv 'Pileng'. Really beautiful.

[deTengs]

HortVet said:

Nice.
I have  a pale pink and a white which are not as robust as the normal pink, and have yet to prosper to the point where they can flower. I have since gotte n a white from another friend, and his is very very robust, so I hope to see some bloom within the next 6 mths.
The red is a huge plant but doesn't flower as frequently as the pink, for me.

I've a red...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/tengiber/1c768fe6.jpg

This has been flowering nonstop at my house for the past 2 years. The latest stalk hit the highest record so far in my home. ~1.3 meters in height.

[HortVet]

nice one! Yes, the red is a much larger plant and the inflor is huge compared to the pink. My pink is doing well, usually ard 3-5 inflor at any one time , and also flowering thru' out the year like your red. But my red is not happy amongst the pinks, so I may relocate it one day...
Do you get the sunbirds visiting the flowers?
I don't think the red inflor is eaten like the pink, is it?

[Rence]

Beautiful!

Can it be grwon in lowland areas?

[deTengs]

Hi Rence,
My red and white grow well in lowland. But I guess if slightly cooler, they will do even better...but I find that 'cool' can sometimes be compensated by planting in partial shade ...

i have not tried the porcelain ones though... esp the one highlighted by islaverde...will try them too if i get them...i think they can be found in Thailand. not easy to find locally in malaysia or sgp.

cheers,
cw

[islaverde]

detengs, you want other shapes and colors, you need to go sg patani (hheheh.. dangerous i know!) or somewhere in Perlis or Kedah (Pudu Lake) or upper Perak. :grin:

[deTengs]

yeah...let's send rambo there... :shylaugh:

My frens from Chiengmai went there in a collection trip 2 years ago so I suppose they've already started propagating them... so safer to go Chiengmai if got time and money...

[islaverde]

aiyoh, why you mention chiangmai! another plants and orchid paradise! How about 3 pots of orchids for 100 Baht!? Or one bagged Zingiber at heliconiaparadise stall for 300 baht? heheh.

[deTengs]

one thing i think not so nice is the plants suffer somekind of thermal shock when they are transferred from Chiengmai to our lowlands.

My experience with some gingers is they need to spend some time adjusting to our weather. Some kapoot and some go into dormancy....

[Rence]

deTengs said:

Hi Rence,  
My red and white grow well in lowland. But I guess if slightly cooler, they will do even better...but I find that 'cool' can sometimes be compensated by planting in partial shade ...  

i have not tried the porcelain ones though... esp the one highlighted by islaverde...will try them too if i get them...i think they can be found in Thailand. not easy to find locally in malaysia or sgp.

cheers,
cw

Hi! I tried buying some plants about 8 years ago and the plants just died.
Someone told me that it must be cultivated on a much higher elevation

[mfleee]

Hi guys, thanks for the tips on Etlingera elatior. Am searching for the red one for planting into my garden.

Hope one of you can tell me where I can get a rhizome of the red variety.

Or let me buy/trade from you.

[kw3822]

islaverde, on 27 July 2005 - 01:56 PM, said:

detengs, you want other shapes and colors, you need to go sg patani (hheheh.. dangerous i know!) or somewhere in Perlis or Kedah (Pudu Lake) or upper Perak. :grin:

why must go there?
any where else in s'pore or south malaysia can get it?

[mfleee]

deTengs, on 18 July 2005 - 10:14 PM, said:

I've a red...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/tengiber/1c768fe6.jpg

This has been flowering nonstop at my house for the past 2 years. The latest stalk hit the highest record so far in my home. ~1.3 meters in height.

Hi. Any chance you could sell a pierce of your beautiful deep red Etlingera to me? Very keen on gardening.
mfleee@singnet.com.sg

[long1000]

kw3822, on 24 August 2011 - 02:42 AM, said:

why must go there?
any where else in s'pore or south malaysia can get it?

No one answered? Am keen to get one too!

[MichaelP]

Most torches do very well in low land tropics , with the exception of E.venusta it prefers it slightly cooler . Struggles on the coast , but flowers well at even only 500m higher . eg in north Queensland it rarely flowers around Cairns , but will up at Kuranda .

[smallfern]

Hi,
I need advice pls. I'm S'porean living in florida & finally managed to get my hands on a rhizome with 2 small shoots of Pink Torch Ginger. What is the best way of planting this? Does it need root hormone? Should I plant it in a pot 1st, use potting mix? If it can go in the ground, does it need composted manure? Thanks.

[feztus]

Am i correct to ask that if we want to plant torch ginger， we should get the ginger bulb， like all ginger？

[AhSeng]

feztus, on 21 July 2012 - 07:48 PM, said:

Am i correct to ask that if we want to plant torch ginger， we should get the ginger bulb， like all ginger？

yes, it is the rhizomes. There are seeds from mature plants if you want to plant those.