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PR-Giants
12-13-2013, 01:01 PM
Found these 2 plants growing in the NE sector of the jungle, one looks like a type of heliconia.

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/011_zpsa3ee00e7.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/011_zpsa3ee00e7.jpg.html)

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/002_zps860ec844.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/002_zps860ec844.jpg.html)

caliboy1994
12-13-2013, 05:33 PM
Found these 2 plants growing in the NE sector of the jungle, one looks like a type of heliconia.

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/011_zpsa3ee00e7.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/011_zpsa3ee00e7.jpg.html)

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/002_zps860ec844.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/002_zps860ec844.jpg.html)

Second one looks more like a ginger.

trebor
12-13-2013, 07:10 PM
Yes I also thought it looked like ginger! I would stick my hand down into the soil and feel for a rhizome .. That would make my day to find wild Ginger :ha:

PR-Giants
12-14-2013, 10:52 AM
Thanks Guys, you're both probably right.

Here's a photo of the root

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/001_zps13807559.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/001_zps13807559.jpg.html)

These next photos are of the wild ginger that I'm accustomed to seeing in the jungle.

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/008_zpsb3d7f1e2.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/008_zpsb3d7f1e2.jpg.html)

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/015_zps27d284b8.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/015_zps27d284b8.jpg.html)