The large leaves and torch-like flowers are perfect for a tropical mood!
Misia: This time it’s Curcuma.
Hachibee: What is curcuma? It’s a flower I’ve never heard of!
Misia: Oh, but it’s actually quite familiar. curcuma is a member of the turmeric family, and is a plant that is useful in many ways, including turmeric, an ingredient in curry, spices, health foods, herbal medicines, food colorings, and dyes. Above all, its mysterious flower appearance is worth seeing.
Hachibee: Hoho! I’m looking forward to seeing the slightly unusual curcuma flowers. Let’s go right away!
Curcuma “almost weekly” cultivation report
4/23 Bulb planting
Hachibee: It’s a slightly unusual shaped bulb, or rather, it’s a rhizome!
4/30 No buds yet
Misia: Curcuma doesn’t wake up until it gets hot. Please take a long view.
5/21 Still on holiday
Hachibee: It’s been a month and I haven’t heard anything from her! Could it be that she’s already returned to the earth? ?
6/18 The bulbs grow
Hachibee: Instead of sprouts, bulbs have come out of the soil!
Misia: It was alive. And there are some things that look like buds coming out.
7/16 Germination!
Hachibee: Woooooooo! It has finally germinated!
Misia: I covered the bulbs, which looked a little hot after they were above the ground, with soil, but now they have sprouted.
7/23 Buds start growing
Hachibee: It looks like a roll cake. As soon as it got hot, it suddenly started growing.
7/30 The leaves have opened!
Hachibee: Amazing leaves have come out. It looks like it’s giant hand is swaying in the wind, looking at me and telling me to come!
8/6 The number of leaves has increased to two
Hachibee: It’s interesting how each leaf starts out as a roll cake and then opens up!
Misia: And new buds are starting to sprout from the roots. You’re full of energy.
8/13 A third leaf also appears
Hachibee: The third leaf is also available as a roll cake. I’m starting to want to eat roll cake.
8/20 Leaves start to grow upwards
Hachibee: The leaves are getting bigger and more wavy. It looks like a houseplant.
Misia: As expected, it’s a tropical plant.
8/27 The fifth leaf appears
Hachibee: Big roll cakes are starting to appear.
9/3 The grass grows taller.
Hachibee: Somehow, before I knew it, the leaves were starting to look like a really nice ornamental plant…
Misia: The roots of the plants have also become thick and sturdy.
9/10 The leaves begin to spread horizontally
Hachibee: The level of ornamental plants has skyrocketed. It has big leaves that give it a tropical feel.
9/17 A bud appeared
Hachibee: Got it!
Misia: Curcuma buds suddenly appear at the base like this, right in the middle of the plant. That’s interesting.
9/24 Buds grow – from white to pink
Hachibee: The stem begins to grow after the bud forms. It feels like fireworks are going off.
10/1 Bracts open
Hachibee: The flowers have bloomed! But it’s an unusual flower shape.
Misia: What looks like this flower is actually a modified leaf called a bract.
10/8 Blooming!
Hachibee: Hey, this shiny thing inside the bract is a flower!?
Misia: Yes. It looks gorgeous at first glance, but it’s actually surprisingly modest.
10/15 Buds begin to appear on the bracts
Hachibee: One flower in each pocket. It’s like a flower apartment house.
10/22 Full bloom
Hachibee: What a strange sight! Even though there are flowers, why is there something that looks like a pink flower on the top? ?
Misia: Isn’t it the mystery of nature that sometimes it does things that cannot be understood through logic?
Hachibee: I see. Misha, you say some very nice things.
10/29 Flowers begin to wither
Hachibee: As if satisfied with the flowering, it gradually turns brown.
11/5 The bracts begin to wither
Hachibee: Well, the pink parts are actually bracts, not flowers. They are not petals, so they wither without falling.
Misia: Yes. It’s like returning to nature little by little.
11/12 The bracts wither further.
Hachibee: Still, it’s a strange sight!
11/19 The end
Misia: At the end, the leaves turn yellow and the year ends. Although it is a tropical flower, it surprisingly brightened up the garden until late autumn.
~One word! Curcuma cultivation points
Cultivation difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Since it is a tropical plant, it does not germinate easily until the air and soil temperature rise, but
After germination, it has a strong growth potential and grows stably all the way to flowering.
It takes patience until germination.
