Just wanted to share a pretty bloomer

[JennS]

Hello again! I have been very bored with work today so i am just poking around the OB instead. This is a shot taken yesterday. This is the third year I have had this plant. It was a division from my mom's plant. It dies back each winter and doesn't come up until about May, but was more toward late May this year. Anyway, I am hopeful for a third bloom as well. They are very long lasting even if cut and the foliage is pretty as well. The flower color is pretty ture to life, but the foliage is more of a lighter green.

I have heard it called a Hawaiian hidden Ginger and believe the Scientific name to be Curcuma Petiolata, but I could be wrong. Hope someone enjoys.

Oh, and I appologize for the sideways pics, I don't know how to turn them!