Pink Torch Ginger

~ Pink Torch Ginger

Etlingera elatior

This is one of the world’s most splendid flowers.
The torch itself has a large pink head. It will give you one of the most brilliant flowers imaginable with a dazzling mass display of bracts. The flower is borne on a leafless stem that arises straight out of the ground. Its inflorescence makes like the Pink Torch Ginger a good cut flower. When the flower has finished a decorative seed head spike remains. When mature, the torch ginger blooms all year round in the tropics.

Height: 12-15 ft.
Spacing: 4-6 ft; 6-8 ft.
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade; Light Shade; Partial to Full Shade