Daily Botanical: Beehive Ginger
I first came upon this incredibly strange ginger (Zingiber spectabile) while touring a wonderful garden and wilderness retreat in Dominica called Papillote.
If you manage a trip to Dominica you must go there. We deeply regretted only making a late afternoon trip of it and should have booked a room and stayed overnight. I could have spent at least another full day slowly exploring that garden. A week would have been ideal. But with only an hour or two before dark, we had to rush through like maniacs pointing our cameras every which way and hoping for the best.
On the bright side, we ended the day soaking in a warm sulphur bath underneath the stars and next to a waterfall with bats flying over and little lightening bugs blipping around us. Wish I was there right now.
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
What a beautiful plant! And that bath sounds divine.
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
That’s absolutely breath taking!
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Wow, sounds very nice. I’m from Dominica but I’ve never been there. I’ve been out of the country for so long! It’s vey encouraging that Dominica is getting on the map now. Now I feel inclined to go back and get working on my farm again. My husband and I have a farm in the interior. It’s very beautiful. Maybe the next time you come back you can visit us there! We would love the company
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Yeah!! I have these growing in my garden! They are beautiful.
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:21 pm
How strange! They look like candy from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:18 am
Ohmigosh, I’ve never seen anything like that! Amazing!
February 26th, 2010 at 5:51 am
It would be interesting in a dried arrangement. Beautiful!