Hedychium (Ginger Lily)

[M Farooq]

I read in an article that if a person mistakenly eats a tadpole assuming to it to be a mushroom, there is no immediate reaction and the person tends to die suddenly after 4-5 days and those thinking of growing mushrooms are advised to buy them from the shelves of the supermarket to minimize the risk.

You have changed my perception of mushrooms :-( Eating them will remind me of tadpoles now.

Anyway, ginger lily is beautiful whether it is edible or not...it is a different thing. BTW, one petal won't take a human being to the next world even if it were a toxic plant :-)

[mikhurram]

Hedychium. What a fragrance !!!!






Buds unfurling.

[Asim_Nawaz]

Dear Khurram
You can grow in a little pot.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Mine are just surviving, I have changed the location, Let us see.

No they did not survive, I have tried twice and failed.
Any special requirements?

[mikhurram]

Sir they some time initially to adapt even upto 2 years then start blooming on a consistent basis. All they require is a moist soil in a location having sunlight/shade. Just two years ago i shifted them to a newer location and they didn't bloom in the first year and so i think they resent being moved.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I must try again, but where to get some?

[mikhurram]

Sir you can have them from me.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Sir you can have them from me.

Thanks