We call it ginger flower.  I didn’t know that it is actually edible until I googled about this flower.  I thought that it is one of the beautiful flowers in my garden for decoration only.  But I don’t think I dare to eat it, because I am not sure the species mention on a website (Little Chi) is same as mine.

The scientific name of this plant is called Etlingera elatior.  It is also known as Torch Ginger, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang, Bunga Siantan, Philippine Wax Flower, Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger, Boca de Dragon, Rose de Porcelaine, Porcelain Rose.  - info from Wikipedia.

I like its colours, its shape especially the white border of each petal.  The petals looks like many people wearing red and white clothings and come together surrounding a center point and formed a harmonized-coloured circle.

The middle part of the flower is not fully come out yet.  If I have a video camera that can record the flower for long hours, and I play the video in fast forward speed, it will be a beautiful dance.  Let me call it the “Real Flower Dance“.

You may not agree with me and tell me there are other flowers which are prettier, but each flower has its uniqueness.  What I can say is this is one of the prettiest flower in our garden.

Do you dare to eat it?