Heliconia Latifolia?

[Looking Glass]

This is a great thread for those of us just barely dabbling in heliconias, gingers and turmerics and such.  I bought two of these curcuma sulee sunshine a couple years ago, they immediately died (I thought) but rose from the dead during summer rains.  (They didn't survive the house tenting though… no pop up this year).   

Weirdly this random one popped up 20 feet away though.  I don’t know how it got there.  This curcuma type is very polite here.   Pops up for 6 months, then disappears.  Doesn’t seem to spread or multiple…. Except this rando?  

Edited June 30, 2022 by Looking Glass

[metalfan]

They make offset bulbs. Some make a lot, some only a few. There is a nursery here who gives away random rhizomes because they get too many to pot up and sell. Its like a grab bag LOL

[metalfan]

This is my Indica 'Spectabilis'. The rhizomes both took and are in good active growth. I'll be transplanting them into a very large tub soon, to get the stand started

[Dartolution]

On 6/30/2022 at 12:03 PM, metalfan said:

@metalfan I need a name on these. These are stunning. Love the structure. 

[Dartolution]

On 6/30/2022 at 3:42 PM, Looking Glass said:

This is a great thread for those of us just barely dabbling in heliconias, gingers and turmerics and such.  I bought two of these curcuma sulee sunshine a couple years ago, they immediately died (I thought) but rose from the dead during summer rains.  (They didn't survive the house tenting though… no pop up this year).   

Weirdly this random one popped up 20 feet away though.  I don’t know how it got there.  This curcuma type is very polite here.   Pops up for 6 months, then disappears.  Doesn’t seem to spread or multiple…. Except this rando?  

@Looking Glass I have the same experience with mine here. They are late risers - awakening in June for us, and will last until November some time when the frost takes them. By then they are yellowed and tired - ready for bed anyway. I however, have not noticed them spreading. Mine have been in the ground for 3 years and return larger each season but they aren't taking over by any means. These are always eye catchers. Most people think hosta until they see the blooms. SURPRISE! 

[metalfan]

13 hours ago, Dartolution said:

@metalfan I need a name on these. These are stunning. Love the structure. 

These are Curcuma 'Scarlet Fever'. They are one of the larger growing Curcuma with a very pale pink bloom that arises in the Spring, if it arises at all. They are shy bloomers. They are also the very very last to go dormant in the late fall. I have had them persist well into November here

[Dartolution]

Thought I would share a few:

Curcuma x petiolata from what I've been able to determine:

 

And some Lady di Psittacorums beginning to bloom, as well as my new "carmasita" has begun:
 

[Looking Glass]

9 hours ago, Dartolution said:

Thought I would share a few:

Curcuma x petiolata from what I've been able to determine:

Those certainly match mine.   I never did get around to clearing the box out yet.  ~6 weeks after “the purge”….. Oops.  

[Dartolution]

On 6/13/2022 at 3:04 AM, Looking Glass said:

@Looking Glass Yours appear MUCH more pink and yellow than mine. Mine are a cultivar called lady di. They have Very deep blood read bracts and pale yellow flowers. 

The ones you have appear to be a cultivar called Cotton Candy perhaps?