Siam Tulip! Curcuma Alismatifolia Care Potting & Pruning 

Thank you! I recently got this plant as a gift 🙂‍↕️

Thank you for this video! I bought this plant a year ago, its unusual and beautiful. Through the winter I took care of it , no more leaves left, gave it a small amount of water and to my surprise it began to grow again. I have it in my window and I hope it will come back with flowers again. I live in Norway, a cold place for this exotic lovely plant.

Thank you - I wasn't sure if I should cut back the flower stalk. Your garden is beautiful! I love the purple elephant ear peeping out in the background.

omg this is the most specific video i’ve seen yet for the care of any plant!!! you talked about everything and even showed how you water this plant! Thank you!!!!! (i killed my lavenders from overhead watering and realized i was doing that wrong too 😭) thank you for being specific even with how far down to cut when pruning. im very new to gardening and this helped A TON!!!

Bought one of these back in June, unlabeled. Only the part-timers were present and no one could tell me what it was. It was so unusual and stunning that I bought it anyway. Luckily I gave it just what it wanted by chance and found out only today what it was. Just in time, since its just starting to cool off here in NC. Now I know how to take care of it during dormancy! Can't wait to try propagating and making babies to put everywhere and give one to everyone I know. Thank you so much for this video! Looking forward to watching others of yours.

"Kinda like a Bromeliad but not cuz it's a ginger" Haha I just got one of these about a week ago. I love it so much! Thanks for posting.

I just LOVE that blue pot that you have selected! Nice selection of this ginger. Good video. Enjoyed it.

I just bought 2 of these. A white one and one like n your video. Best video on the web. Short and to the point. Best video I’ve seen on here. Thanks.

So glad I found this video. I was given this plant as a gift and it's struggling a bit and I thought I might have to do away with it. The flower is so pretty. Now I know that I can salvage it. Thanks! ❤

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Very beautiful flower I purchased one from Home Depot. Thanks for your tips for caring for it.

I just bought two of these today fron the clearance aisle. I am going to try to bring em back to life. Fingers crossed.

Watching from the countryside near Paris, France. I received a beautiful curcuma this Spring and I think it needs to be repotted now so yr video is very timely, thank you. I'll be on the look out for spider mites.

Thank you for the video. I've been searching and searching. Your video is the only one that has given me some useful tips. I'm in zone 7a and wasn't sure if I could leave them in the ground. I planted it about 3 months ago and it tripled it's size. Dug it up and put it in a pot, again wasn't sure if I just leave it in the dirt or cut it back. Thanks for the very Helpful video!!

I have just bought one of these at a local garden centre on sale. Never heard of them before but though it was pretty and I'd give it a try. Really hope I can keep it going. Thanks for the info!

I have 6 of these cucuma ginger plant flowers in my garden they are so beautiful.

This video is great!!!

I love your garden. It's very rich, and colorful ☺️.

I bought six bulbs of 4 different varieties. The bulbs are really dry. I soaked them in fresh water for a day, and hope they will grow.

Nice flowers.

Beautiful, I never seen them around. I like the vertical pot. Great selection.

I know this is an older video but I’m so glad I found it. My brother gave me a starting a couple of years ago from one that had belonged to our Mom before she passed away. I’ve never really known how to care for it and I’ve only ever had one bloom in it. Maybe now I can do something with it.

Thank you for sharing your tips. I live in Canada and had bought a Siam tulip last year but didn't know that I needed to water through the winter. Wished I had found this video. I had checked on it with the intention of repotting it in April. All the roots are dried up unfortunately. Hopefully I can find another Siam Tulip.

Great video explaining pruning. I've looked for this information and couldn't find it.

Just got and came him for more information. Thanks!

just planted a bunch in a container. well draining soil it says but the pots they were in was like mainly peat moss. i made my container with potting mix, mauare and perlite with a little sand

Excellent video! Thank you for answering all my questions about this gorgeous new find of mine.

Thank you, this is a very informative video. I live in zone 7b and intended to put it on my deck but that will be too sunny so on my screened porch will be best. Inside during the winter, it will be a bit of a challenge to find the right spot.

Looks good ! I have three varieties, similar colors but different in height. It took me couple seasons to determine their growing habit, easy for lower zone gardeners(easy winter/summer transition), they bloom more if you add blood meal to the soil in spring. Next season i am planning to have them all arranged in one pot so that it will be only one pot i'd need to worry about in winters(zone 6). I have seen someone pot them with pineapple lillies and it looked spectacular.....just an idea as you have both the plants now and they bloom pretty much around the same time :)

Lovely my friend!

I just bought this plant yesterday, July 3. The blooms really got my attention. I am thinking about getting another one!! Beautiful! Now, where can I put another one(smile)!!

I can listen to your videos all day 🤣

Love your energy! I recently got this plant and she’s already dying on me but the video seems really helpful! Definitely subscribing

Thank you for this video,

Good video

Helpful all-round video! Thanks 🙏🏽 I now know all I need to know about caring for my new Curcuma plant. I’ve liked and subscribed. Question: is this the same as the Tumeric rhizome, the ubiquitous, orange spice known in the Great Indian Subcontinent as Haldi?

Aaaaaaa you talk like a machine gun but with a informative bullet😂 ahaha Thank You for All the tips! Keep up the good work from Malaysia😆

Thanks for the lovely care tips! I always kill Them, so this helps 👍 Thanks my friend!

Yay my requested video thanx jeff

I am leaving my Curcuma outside for the winter, I hope they will be ok, They have doubled their size this summer!

just bought one, thanks for the informative video.

Absolutely beautiful plant and pot! Wondering how well that would do in sunny South FL? Happy growing 😊🌺🌴

Great vid! I’ve got three of these in front bed. Should I dig them up and overwinter in a bag in basement?

Damn! I bought one of these "tropical tulips" thinking I got something for the front door, which gets two to three hours direct light' but that light is from noon to three, so it's intense light. I was wondering why it was struggling... now I know :( I gotta find plants that handle the intense tropical sun. Love your videos, love watching and listening to your hands :) It's fun :)

I guess that is a pretty good excuse. You would love it where I am!

Just got one

Thank you for your video. Your curcuma is beautiful. I have curcuma in a big pot. I live in NJ so I brought it in and kept it dormant. Unfortunately I was misinformed and didn't know I had to water it at least once a month. Now I guess my curcuma is dead. Is there any chance the bulbs survived and will come back once the weather is hot?

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Great video! Love it! Do you have any suggestions for promoting heavy flowering when kept indoors year round? I’ve heard they can be fussy indoors. I live in the South and I keep my place at a consistent 70 degrees. Maybe a heat mat or humidifier?

ZOmg thank u I saw these this year didn't pick it up. Maybe next time!!

Awesome video. Every time you do a plant spotlight and how to... I always want 😋. Is that a full size plant or they get bigger wider?

what about 😢 zone7-8 there were gifts help me they are dying should i re pot

How would it work if you wanted to separate it to create more area coverage?

Well I was using my old pot for another flower odd did not realize that these were bulbs and they still are good whoops😳. I guess I better put them back in the dirt

i dug out all of mine and wasn’t sure if i should keep the lower bulbs i think its for food storage that is at the bottom of the root or do i just break all them off and keep the top rhizome. thanks

I have one and it was doing great for weeks but more recently the flowers are starting to brown. I’m in Zone 9B.

Would it be ok to water it from the bottom? Like placing the pot in another container with water?

I know this video is 2 years old -- but I was hoping you could help me out. I was wondering how you'd propagate a Siam tulip? Would you take a piece of the rhizome and propagate that way?

Before seeing your video, I had read that they need to be trimmed, dug up, and stored in a cool place for winter, so I did that and now my roots are in a box with sawdust in a closet. I saw that you're able to keep yours potted during winter in a zone 6 and I'm in zone 7. Should I try to replant mine to see if they will keep growing, or do you think they will survive overwinter in the box?

I have 3 different curcuma colored flowers. I want to keep the colors different.....are the colors different because of the fertilizer? I want to make sure I don't mess them up. Thx

New to this plant! I cut mine all down in the winter (I’m in Florida) and I’m wondering if the bulbs will regrow?

A neighbor of mines gifted me one from his garden but it didn't have blooms. The plant was droopy don't know if it was due to these tortures heat in Texas, but not known what kind of plant it was and not responding to watery cut the pruned leaves 😭 will it be ok

What are the green looking insects crawling on my plant. I had it in doors, I took it outside to water and notice the green insects crawling on my plant. I'm not sure what it is, or how to treat. 🤔 Help

Can you please tell me Do they grow from seed or bulbs?

I love mine! It’s so beautiful and I have some friends who want to take a cutting, and I’m not sure how to do that. Any ideas?

What soil mixture do you use? Do you mix your own or do you use a specific soil product?

Why are my curcuma plant leaves small and thin and don’t flowers?

My leaves are curling what does that mean? I’m growing in the ground?

Received one as a gift few days ago, but 2 of the flowers died today, I found them on the floor. Those were the bigger ones, she still has 3 smaller flowers.What am i doing wrong? :((

You better clarify that young man! If you were in my area and didn’t let me know I would be...pissed😆! Which airport?

I bought a plant that looks like yours but, I can't find growing instructions any where on line for indoors. The name is ORANGE TORCH GINGER OR JENGIBRE ORANGE TORCH and CURCUMA ORANGE TORCH". It states the cold hardiness as being 30 to 20 degrees F. Is this correct?

I been trying to figure out if you can crush the ginger like root and eat it in your foods? Says online it's the scientific name for turmeric. I bought this for my hibiscus but if I can eat it according to the web. It will help me in many ways. Does anyone know if you can eat it??

I have a beautiful Curcuma in a large pot. I can’t find them locally right now to buy another one. If I clip a stem will it grow roots so I can grow a new one?

i wish you were my neighbor

Have u harvest it?

Do they freeze?

Can it be in door as house plants?

Mine is turning yellow 😓

Can I eat the root (turmeric) of this plant?