Can perennial herb ginger flower? What does it look like? How long do they bloom? What are the signs of flowering?

Ginger, also known as white ginger and Sichuan ginger, is a common perennial herb in China, which is widely used as seasoning because of its spicy fragrance. At the same time, it is also regarded as a health product in many areas to treat cold, dampness, stomach warming and so on. Can the ginger bloom? What do the flowers look like? How long does it blossom? What's the sign of blooming?

Can it blossom?

There are many kinds of ginger, generally there are two more common, one is the ginger we bought in the vegetable market, very spicy, generally will not grow flowers. Second, it looks more like a canna. Its name is Ginger Flower. It can grow flowers. But it is difficult to grow flowers, soil and temperature are very suitable, it can grow flowers. Its flowers are spikelike, the edges of the bracts are yellow, and they are all covered with purple or green flowers, and the flower stem is about 30 years old.

When will it blossom?

In fact, the flowering period of ginger flowers is mainly concentrated in summer, which can blossom from July to August, and the flowering quality is very good. Generally speaking, the growth rate of ginger flower is very fast, and the new plant can be divided into about 20m Mel 40 per year.

However, in the actual breeding process, the flowering time of ginger flowers begins to be related to the climate of the farming area. For example, in Hubei, ginger flowers planted between November and March will bloom from June to July, and the flowering period will be longer and will not wither until there is frost.

What do the flowers look like?

Ginger flowers are actually very beautiful, white petals, each piece is very different, which makes it look like a white butterfly, very beautiful. In addition, ginger flowers have yellow, orange and red flowers.

The flowers of ginger flowers have large bracts on them, and usually 15 flowers bloom on a single inflorescence. Each flower looks like it has four petals, but in fact it has only two petals. There are yellowish anthers and pollen on the style, some like butterfly tentacles, and the whole flower looks like a flying flower.

What's the sign?

It may be that the variety of ginger adapted to the local environment produced the phenomenon of variation, and the flowering plant sensed suitable temperature, light and other conditions to promote flowering. Although ginger flowering is rare, but it is a natural phenomenon, flowering will not affect the yield of ginger, nor will it affect its edible safety.