Genus: Hedychium

Aleyna, they probably are the same, this one is hedychium coronarium 'Elizabeth', also have a cultivar called 'Anne Bishop' which dissappointing looks almost idential to the other one. Funny, it didn't look that similar in the catalog I purchased them from...wonder how that happens ! There are also yellow flowering cultivars too.

Its seems the same medicinal ginger we have here, the difference its the flowers here are white... never seen them rose like this.

Mmmm Yummy Lol =]

Skippy I believe the commercial ginger you buy at the supermarket, or grocery stores are Zingiber officinale ginger, from the zingiberacea plant family. Mine are edible, but apparantly, just barely...lol

So, is it the same ginger we buy for our pumpkin pie mix? Beautiful flowers...

From what I can dig up Calz, I've read that the rhizomes are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of tonsilitis, infected nostrils and fever. The leaves are also used to reduce pain and swelling in stiff and sore joints.Its flower buds are edible and can be used like a vegetable,or salad garish.
One site says that the root, when cooked, is used as a famine food when all else fails...lol. So I'm thinking, it must taste pretty nasty.

is that ginger edible ? =]

Might be last, but still fantastic.

great photo

Beautiful. I didn't know there was a white form. Wish I could grow it.

Keep watch Flcrazy you'll get one!

Oh I love that colour..........must find some for our garden!!!

Reminds me of an orchid. Beautiful!

Wow....., finally a plant I can grow in my yard too ! I have several different cultivars of Hedychium and the hummingbirds love it.

This is lovely ! what a bonus that it is fragrant as well. Lucky you : )

Love this! Such a pure white against the darker green.

Wow this is lovely. It's great that you give some extra info about the plants too. I really like that.

thanks Irish!

beautiful