Some Americans here probably still call it “Torch Ginger,” the common English name, but I’ve always preferred the Costa Rican Spanish name of El Bastón del Emperador. And since I started walking with a Trekking Pole, most Costa Ricans call it my “Bastón!” 🙂
I noticed the other day, within sight of my terrace, 3 different stages of the ginger flower: bud, baby flower and mature flower. So here the are in that order . . .
¡Pura Vida!
I haven’t done flower species-specific galleries yet, but you can see this native of Costa Rica in many of my trip galleries and of course in My Home Garden Gallery. And I just may start working on flower species galleries! 🙂