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Olafhenny · 03-23-2011, 12:07 AM

Note:
I intended to post this already a week ago, but after I had exported the accompanying photos from Picasa, to
reduce their size to something manageable, I could locate the exported version with Firefox and with WordPerfect,
but not with the browser facility of this website, no matter, what I tried short of biting the carpet in frustration.
Add to that, that the editing feature had disappeared from my Picasa, lots of things to catch up on, it was only today,
that I finally managed to first restore the editing feature and secondly had the bright idea to copy the attached
photos from the Vietnam folder into another one in Picasa, that I could suddenly locate the picture with the
banana.org browser.

Actually when I set out for Vietnam I had no intention to bring home any bananas (I have reported on
that in the Main Banana Forum).

My stated objective was to bring home a rhizome of flowering ginger. Although a long two months trip through
Vietnam is no help in obtaining plants, unless you stay in one spot and have time to build up a relationship
with local gardeners, finding a flowering ginger proofed not much of a challenge. I mentioned, what I
wanted to the staff of the hotel, where we stayed last before heading for Saigon and home, and the next
day I had one.

Knowing ginger only from the produce section of the grocery stores, I was taken aback by the fact, that my
new acquisition had nothing resembling the rhizome of the edible ginger, but a rather scrawny one. Forced by
luggage restriction I sliced off the stems anyway, in the hope, that there was enough oomph left in the
rhizome to produce a viable plant.

This photo shows the type of ginger I acquired, but not the actual plant

This photo shows my plant prior to my mutilating it. Believe me it hurt!
Sorry about the bad quality of the photos, but they are the only ones I have.

Unfortunately due to jet lag fatigue and scores of items to catch up on, I did not take any pictures of those
sad stumps and, once potted, they do not exactly look sensational either, but here they are anyway:

Now a week later, they do still look exactly the same. The white dust is left over bone meal

Here's to the hope, that they are viable! http://www.bananas.org/images/icons/..._brindando.gif

Olaf

03-23-2011, 12:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 297,528 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	My quest for ginger Note: I intended to post this already a week ago, but after I had exported the accompanying photos from Picasa, to reduce their size to something manageable, I could locate the exported version with Firefox and with WordPerfect, but not with the browser facility of this website, no matter, what I tried short of biting the carpet in frustration. Add to that, that the editing feature had disappeared from my Picasa, lots of things to catch up on, it was only today, that I finally managed to first restore the editing feature and secondly had the bright idea to copy the attached photos from the Vietnam folder into another one in Picasa, that I could suddenly locate the picture with the banana.org browser. Actually when I set out for Vietnam I had no intention to bring home any bananas (I have reported on that in the Main Banana Forum). My stated objective was to bring home a rhizome of flowering ginger. Although a long two months trip through Vietnam is no help in obtaining plants, unless you stay in one spot and have time to build up a relationship with local gardeners, finding a flowering ginger proofed not much of a challenge. I mentioned, what I wanted to the staff of the hotel, where we stayed last before heading for Saigon and home, and the next day I had one. Knowing ginger only from the produce section of the grocery stores, I was taken aback by the fact, that my new acquisition had nothing resembling the rhizome of the edible ginger, but a rather scrawny one. Forced by luggage restriction I sliced off the stems anyway, in the hope, that there was enough oomph left in the rhizome to produce a viable plant. This photo shows the type of ginger I acquired, but not the actual plant This photo shows my plant prior to my mutilating it. Believe me it hurt! Sorry about the bad quality of the photos, but they are the only ones I have. Unfortunately due to jet lag fatigue and scores of items to catch up on, I did not take any pictures of those sad stumps and, once potted, they do not exactly look sensational either, but here they are anyway: Now a week later, they do still look exactly the same. The white dust is left over bone meal Here's to the hope, that they are viable! http://www.bananas.org/images/icons/..._brindando.gif Olaf __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them. Last edited by Olafhenny : 03-23-2011 at 12:12 AM.