Some gingers in flower.

[Kevin S]

 Some pictures of torch gingers in flower in Hawaii on the big Island.

[Kevin S]

Kimi pink torch ginger.  I hope I find the time to move Ginger sometime soon he is not as happy as he should be.  I think he wants full sun.

[Kevin S]

 I was finally able to acquire the white torch ginger

 I bought a few white torch gingers but got the wrong species.

[Kevin S]

 I ended up with three or four clumps of this one instead of the other white torch ginger.  I still like it but it wasn't what I thought I was going to get.

[aussiearoids]

wiki has this to say ; Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts . I have never heard of them called Torch Ginger . I only know of the many Etlingera cvs as Torch Gingers , and the white is still a bit rare here . They can end up overtaking allotted garden space !

[annafl]

Gorgeous!  Oh, how I wish I could grow these!

 

[Kevin S]

 I always wished I could grow them in California but I can only grow butterfly gingers.  But now I got some land in Hawaii I can grow all the stuff I wanted to grow on the mainland. 

 In this photo there is a gecko on a ginger flower they do love Ginger flowers.  I will try to see if I could load a YouTube video.

http://youtu.be/DOCFpNwBmnY

[Kevin S]

 This is a king torch ginger.

[Kevin S]

 This is one of the taller growing gingers 15 to 20 foot tall.

[Kevin S]

wiki has this to say ; Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts . I have never heard of them called Torch Ginger . I only know of the many Etlingera cvs as Torch Gingers , and the white is still a bit rare here 

 If you type in torch ginger on Google and look at images you will see many different gingers it's just a common name.  There is two different species with that common name that is how I ended up with the wrong type of ginger because they didn't have the scientific name on the pot when I bought it.

[Kevin S]

 In this photo you can see a yellow butterfly ginger in the background.  One of my favorites for fragrances very strong just a flower or two in a room is all you need.