Aloha Tropicals
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birdlady_liz
17 years agoorchidboy01
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The real hedychium Tac Moto
Comments (2)Not much activity on this forum for a long time....I don't grow Tac Moto and it doesn't seem to be that common. I looked it up in the book, Hardy Gingers, by T.M.E. Branney, which is a great reference book. He describes Tac Moto, "The large flowers are powerfully fragrant and a bright canary yellow with a darker golden labellum patch. The lateral staminodes are paddle shaped and the rounded labellum has a notched tip. The stamens are moderately extended and golden yellow." I'd say your plant matches the description, but of course, there are a lot of yellow gingers. As far as getting a white and then a yellow under the same name, if you search this forum for "Aloha Tropicals" you'll find that in past years many people have complained of plants that are mislabeled and/or don't match the pictures on the web site. Sorry I don't have more knowledge of this variety. It looks beautiful, by the way. Bob...See MoreHedychium Beni Oran
Comments (4)That's interesting you mention receiving mislabeled plants from Aloha. I ordered a Passiflora Nephrodes from them and what they sent me turned out to be a Passiflor Foetida. I emailed them about it and they said that's what it was conveyed to them as, and that they would update their website with the correct information. It still hasn't been updated. lol...See MoreAnyone grow hedy Pink Sparks? Have pic?
Comments (3)This link is to Tom Wood's original picture of Pink Sparks in clear focus. Aloha Tropicals seems to have borrowed this pic and posts it at a much lower resolution. On this page, Tom Wood has a brief description: http://www.oldcity.com/sites/gingers/ Scroll down. Here is Dave Skinner's page on Pink Sparks -- no pics, though: http://www.gingersrus.com/DataSheet.php?PID=3259 Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreRachel's Cloud
Comments (6)Dave and Rick. It does start out darker and then the white almost cloud like marks show. It smells like a mild cinnamon and the flowers are three and a half inches generally. It produces many inflos so the plant stands out to the eye. It is a good brancher and seems very healthy. It was a replacement for my original Grove Farm that died in the big freeze of 07 shown below:...See Morebirdlady_liz
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