#Etlingera elatior

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Of All The Nerve

Etlingera elatior or Nerve Plant (a less common common name around here) rising up beside a shelter in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This was taken against the dark interior of a shelter with the exposure biased 2 stops darker.

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Pink torch ginger bloom on the shores of lake Victoria

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Missouri Botanical Garden 8/10/23 by Sharon Mollerus

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 13 January 2024

The tropical herbaceous perennial plant Etlingera elatior (torch ginger, ginger flower, red ginger lily, torchflower, torch lily, wax flower, wild ginger) needs a warm, humid climate. It produces a spreading clump with dramatic flowers which can be eaten when in bud having a crisp and succulent texture.

Jill Raggett

[wingsofachampion]

Pelipper mail! A... nightmare? No, just a dream?

"What is that... being?" a voice asks. You find you are laying on your side, eyes closed, with the voice from above you.

Another answers: "I really don't know. It's something. It looks alive."

"It looks unwell. It's lost... something. Without knowing what it is, I can't tell what."

You blink open your eyes and see leafy vines, but not yours, spreading over a metal floor. A voice exclaims that you're awake, but from where? You struggle to your feet.

"Hello there!" The voice seems to be speaking to you now, and you slowly realize it is the masses of vines themselves which are producing the words. "What might you be?"

"I am--" you manage, before the other plant-thing interrupts.

"It's sapient! Well, that settles that bet..."

"I... don't know who I am," you say. "My name... I have lost my name, I am only..." You realize something. "I have lost both my names."

"Well, my name is Etlingera Elatior, First Bloom (she/her)," says the cluster of leafy material interspersed with pink flowers. "This here is Heteranthera Limosa, Third Bloom (she/her). We saw what looked like a wormhole, came to investigate, and there you were. We brought you in."

"Unusual to see fellow plant-based lifeforms around," the other says, the blue-flowered one with thinner vines. "First sapient plant I've personally seen besides us affini, certainly."

You try to speak. "I was... somewhere else. I was... someone. A daughter, a teacher, I think. And now I'm not. Without a personal name, or even a species name... I am no one, here. Where is here?"

You look around, but recognize nothing in this metal room except a window to one side -- and through it, the stars? The night sky, moonless, in every direction you look.

"Here," Etlingera says, "assuming you have no connections binding you to whatever place you came from -- if you don't have the means to send yourself back, neither do we, and it sounds like you didn't have a good experience there anyway -- is a new life. With us, should you choose, or as an independent sophont anywhere in the Compact."

"But... my names?"

"Oh, don't worry!" Heteranthera tells you. "We have names aplenty! New names whenever you might want one. I can even give you a name now, if you wish?"

You're not sure what to say to that. You know the names you used to have, the names you can no longer remember, were important to you -- one, especially so. But if they are lost, well, you were planning to gift yourself a third name regardless, even if just as a trial, even if you were terrified the whole way through.

"Let's see, you look like a... Musa Acuminata, Third Floret (she/her), perhaps?"

Etlingera gently slaps Heteranthera with a single vine. "Oh, we mustn't presume like that." Her leaves ruffle in gentle laughter, and when she speaks again it is to you. "But we would be honored if you'd decide to stay with us, now that you've fallen into this universe. It would be a life of great luxury compared to where you came from, I'm certain."

"No need to decide right now," Heteranthera adds. "It will be a week at least before we reach the nearest planet. But we want you to know... losing names is not the end of the world. There are always more, each one personal in a new way for an ever newer you. Perhaps it is better, sometimes, to leave some things behind."

"Because, after all," the pink-flowered Etlingera adds, "a name is a personal thing, for you alone... and people change. If some can't see that, if they tried to hold you by your names as you moved away, then it is worth the pain of seeing them separated from you to know that you are free, now. That you can name yourself anew, and they are left holding only wilting memories of a self you are no longer."

She reaches out with one of her innumerable vines. "Stay, Musa, if we may call you that. Let us be new family to you, in your newest life."

...I didn't like this dream very much. I don't want to lose my names, or my memory. Especially not being taken away from the human world.

I don't know how to feel about the name Musa, though.

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Bastón de emperador

 (Etlingera elatior)

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pretty flowers - Etlingera elatior

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Etlingera elatior (Red Torch Ginger) [OC] 3024X3036

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Etlingera elatior Torch Ginger

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Ginger by attilapivarnyik

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Cover work for a new ink book for more ink pieces!

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Rose de porcelaine Etlingera elatior sa fleur est l'une des plus spectaculaires des espèces tropicales, car on la croit artificielle au premier regard, tant elle est parfaite. Les variétés les plus courantes sont de couleur rouge vif, une autre porte des fleurs roses. Quand sort un bourgeon, un parfum surprenant s'en échappe

[deehwang]

Hasil kupas batang dan bonggol Kecombrang / Unji / Etlingera elatior. Nantinya, ini bisa dimasak dengan santan atau dibuat sambal. Pengolahannya bisa dibakar dulu atau direbus. Rasanya asam segar harum, bisa menambah nafsu makan.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 16 November 2021

The flowers of Etlingera elatior (Philippine waxflower, torch ginger) are surrounded by the towering foliage in the tropical glasshouse at Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK. This tropical plant spreads by seeds and rhizome growth and has the potential to form a dense thicket principally in moist habitats. The species is naturalised and invasive in China, Costa Rica and Hawaii.

Jill Raggett

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im sorry about the pie stop sayibg ow ow help mee

Sent us an anon twice, you die to the spice!

Ajwain, carom seeds (Trachyspermum ammi) (Pakistan, South Asia, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, Eritrea & Ethiopia) Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), for red color Alligator pepper, mbongo spice (mbongochobi), hepper pepper (Aframomum danielli, A. citratum, A. exscapum) (West Africa) Allspice (Pimenta dioica) Angelica (Angelica archangelica) Anise (Pimpinella anisum) Aniseed myrtle (Syzygium anisatum) (Australia) Annatto (Bixa orellana) Artemisia (Artemisia spp.) Asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida) Avens (Geum urbanum) Avocado leaf (Persea americana)

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris and other Berberis spp.) Basil, sweet (Ocimum basilicum) Basil, Holy (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Basil, lemon (Ocimum × citriodorum) Basil, Thai (O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora) Bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) Bay leaf, Indian; tejpat, malabathrum (Cinnamomum tamala) Bay leaf, Indonesian; Indonesian laurel, Salam leaf, daun salam (Syzygium polyanthum) Bay leaf, Mexican; laurél (Litsea glaucescens) Bay leaf, West Indian (Pimenta racemosa) Boldo (Peumus boldus) Borage (Borago officinalis) Blue fenugreek, blue melilot (Trigonella caerulea)

California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) Caper (Capparis spinosa) Caraway (Carum carvi) Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) Cardamom, black; badi ilaichi (Amomum subulatum, Amomum costatum) (India, Pakistan) Cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum) Cao guo, Chinese black cardamom (Lanxangia tsaoko) (China) Cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum) Celery leaf (Apium graveolens) Celery seed (Apium graveolens) Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) Cicely, sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) Cilantro, coriander greens, coriander herb, Chinese parsley (Coriandrum sativum) Cinnamon, Indonesian (Cinnamomum burmannii, Cassia vera) Cinnamon, Saigon or Vietnamese (Cinnamomum loureiroi) Cinnamon, true or Ceylon (Cinnamomum verum, C. zeylanicum) Cinnamon, white (Canella winterana) Cinnamon myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia) (Australia) Clary, Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) Coriander seed (Coriandrum sativum) Coriander, Vietnamese (Persicaria odorata) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) Culantro, culangot, long coriander, recao (Eryngium foetidum) Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii) Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) Cyperus articulatus

Dill herb or weed (Anethum graveolens)

Dill seed (Anethum graveolens)

Elderflower (Sambucus spp.)

Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides)

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) Filé powder, gumbo filé (Sassafras albidum) Fingerroot, temu kuntji, krachai, k'cheay (Boesenbergia rotunda) (Java, Thailand, Cambodia) Fish mint, leaf; giấp cá (Houttuynia cordata) (Vietnam) Fish mint, rhizome; zhé ěrgēn (Houttuynia cordata) (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces of China)

Galangal, greater (Alpinia galanga) Galangal, lesser (Alpinia officinarum) Garlic (Allium sativum) Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Ginger, torch; bunga siantan (Etlingera elatior) (Indonesia) Golpar, Persian hogweed (Heracleum persicum) (Iran) Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) Grains of Selim, Kani pepper (Xylopia aethiopica)

Hoja santa, hierba santa, acuyo (Piper auritum) (Mexico) Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Huacatay, Mexican marigold, mint marigold (Tagetes minuta) Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

Jasmine flowers (Jasminum spp.) Jakhya (Cleome viscosa) Jalapeño (Capsicum annuum cultivar) Jimbu (Allium hypsistum) (Nepal) Juniper berry (Juniperus communis)

Kaffir lime leaves, Makrud lime leaves (Citrus hystrix) (Southeast Asia) Kala zeera (or kala jira), black cumin (Bunium persicum) (South Asia) Keluak, kluwak, kepayang (Pangium edule) Kencur, galangal, kentjur (Kaempferia galanga) (Java, Bali) Kinh gioi, Vietnamese balm (Elsholtzia ciliata) Kokam seed (Garcinia indica) (Indian confectionery) Korarima, Ethiopian cardamom, false cardamom (Aframomum corrorima) (Eritrea) Koseret leaves (Lippia abyssinica) (Ethiopia) Kudum Puli (Garcinia gummi-gutta) Lavender (Lavandula spp.) Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) Lemon ironbark (Eucalyptus staigeriana) (Australia) Lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) (Australia) Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora) Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus, C. flexuosus, and other Cymbopogon spp.) Leptotes bicolor (Paraguay and southern Brazil) Lesser calamint (Calamintha nepeta), nipitella, nepitella (Italy) Licorice, liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Lime flower, linden flower (Tilia spp.) Lovage (Levisticum officinale) Locust beans (Ceratonia siliqua)

Mace (Myristica fragrans) Mahleb, mahalepi, St. Lucie cherry (Prunus mahaleb) Marjoram (Origanum majorana) Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) Mint (Mentha spp.), 25 species, hundreds of varieties Mountain horopito (Pseudowintera colorata), 'pepper-plant' (New Zealand) Musk mallow, abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus) Mustard, black, mustard plant, mustard seed (Brassica nigra) Mustard, brown, mustard plant, mustard seed (Brassica juncea) Mustard, white, mustard plant, mustard seed (Sinapis alba) Mustard, yellow (Brassica hirta = Sinapis alba)

New Mexico chile (Capsicum annuum 'New Mexico Group', also known as Hatch or Anaheim) which includes Big Jim, Chimayó, and Sandia, and other pepper cultivars. Nigella, black caraway, black cumin, black onion seed, kalonji (Nigella sativa) Njangsa, djansang (Ricinodendron heudelotii) (West Africa) Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Olida (Eucalyptus olida) (Australia) Oregano (Origanum vulgare, O. heracleoticum, and other species) Oregano, Cuban (Coleus amboinicus) Oregano, Mexican (Lippia graveolens) Orris root (Iris germanica, I. florentina, I. pallida)

Pandan flower, kewra (Pandanus odoratissimus) Pandan leaf, screwpine (Pandanus amaryllifolius) Pápalo (Porophyllum ruderale) (Mexico and South America) Paprika (Capsicum annuum) Paracress (Acmella oleracea) (Brazil) Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) Pepper, black, white, and green (Piper nigrum) Pepper, Brazilian, or pink pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) Pepper, Dorrigo (Tasmannia stipitata) (Australia) Pepper, long (Piper longum) Pepper, mountain, Cornish pepper leaf (Tasmannia lanceolata) Peppermint (Mentha piperata) Peppermint gum leaf (Eucalyptus dives) Perilla (Mentha pulegium)Deulkkae (Perilla frutescens seeds) Kkaennip (Perilla frutescens leaves) Shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa leaves) Peruvian pepper (Schinus molle) Pipicha, straight-leaf pápalo (Porophyllum linaria) (Mexico) Poppy seed (Papaver somniferum) Purslane

Quassia (Quassia amara), bitter spice in aperitifs and some beers and fortified wines

Red rice powder (Monascus purpureus) (China) Rice paddy herb (Limnophila aromatica) (Vietnam) Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), only for yellow color Saffron (Crocus sativus)use of saffron Sage (Salvia officinalis) Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) Salep (Orchis mascula) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Sesame Seed, Black Sesame Seed Savory, summer (Satureja hortensis) Savory, winter (Satureja montana) Shiso (Perilla frutescens) Silphium, silphion, laser, laserpicium, sorado (Ancient Roman cuisine, Ancient Greek cuisine) Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) Sorrel, sheep (Rumex acetosella) Spearmint (Mentha spicata) Spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora or N. jatamansi) Star anise (Illicium verum) Sumac (Rhus coriaria) Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) Szechuan pepper, Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Tasmanian pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata)) Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) Thyme, lemon (Thymus citriodorus) Tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata) Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) Voatsiperifery (Piper borbonense) [Madagascar]

Wasabi (Wasabia japonica) Water-pepper, smartweed (Polygonum hydropiper) Wattleseed (from about 120 spp. of Australian Acacia) Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Wood avens, herb bennet (Geum urbanum) Woodruff (Galium odoratum) Wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

Yerba buena, any of four different species, many unrelated

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Za'atar (herbs from the genera Origanum, Calamintha, Thymus, and Satureja)

Zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)

Which one is your favorite? Tell us below to die instantly

[child-of-hurin]

If I’ve already asked this ignore me but what are your favorite animals or plants if you have them?

-@outofangband

It's a tough question my friend <3 but nice to think about so I'm gonna try:

In my apartment right now I have a Zamioculca and a Pothos plant, and they're surviving! The Zamioculca got a blow recently because it was soaked when we changed it to a bigger pot and she Did Not Like It, I felt really bad abt it but now she's sprouting new leaves again ^^ next I hope to buy a fern, I really love ferns!

I honestly love plants in general, it's very hard to pick one! Predictably I love trees that are abundant in my hometown, especially Jambo, Castanhola, Acácia and Flamboiã. There's also a lot of Ixora bushes there like everywhere, I miss them a lot. I love jasmine, and I'm super happy because recently I found out lilacs have a very simila fragance, and there's a lot of lilacs blossoming around here! I also miss Helicônia, Alpinia & Etlingera elatior, flowers I saw a lot in the public squares and gardens & love them, I draw those often in my art too.

I love seaweed! And water lillies. But I really just love plants in general :) I love weird shaped leaves, I love curly kale, etc.

As for animals, we don't have any, I don't really like the idea of having pets but Kate REALLY wants a cat, so we'll be getting one eventually I imagine.I like animals in general, I think my favorite animals are crocodiles (and alligators and jacarés) and ducks (and geese and swans etc). I also like some bugs, especially big spiders, but I'm terrified of cockroaches lol. I cannot stand them 😭

I love frogs and I like amphibians in general...

I love birds! Love araras and parrots and especially love birds that make birdsong, it's my favorite thing here when the weather gets better and you wake up to birdsong <3 I especially love the kiskadee, a bird we have a lot around my hometown. I also love all types of hawks and vultures. But I really like all birds :)