Don’t you love a plant with a secret? Take queen lily ginger (Curcuma petiolata), for example. The brightly-colored flowers that draw you in turn out not to be flowers at all! This is one of many ...

By Ifham Nizam On the windswept grasslands of Pitawala Patana, where visitors are naturally drawn to the dramatic sweep of the Knuckles mountains, the rocky outcrops and the distant silhouette of ...

Cut flower producers in the Northern Territory say new varieties of curcumas have enjoyed the strong wet season and are looking great for Valentine's Day. In 2008, the NT Department of Primary ...

THE onset of the wet season heralds the “coming alive” of dormant bulbs and rhizomes in the bare patches that have been waiting patiently for curcuma flowers. So stunning are they, they command a ...

Our summer rainy season continues to produce some truly gorgeous Beautiful Blooms and our readers seem eager to share. This week’s highlighted Beautiful Blooms include a spotted bee balm or horsemint, ...