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Wild gingers have lovely flowers seldom seen. Some of the wild gingers planted at our farm are flowering (click on pics for enlarged image). Lovely flower of the temu kunci or fingerroot ( boesenbergia rotunda ) The lempoyang ( zingziber zerumbet ).  The flower is filled with water and have saved many a life in the jungles. Locals use the liquid inside as a shampoo for themselves and for their pets. The kunyit or turmeric flower ( curcuma longa ) has rather delicate coloring. The cekur or resurrection lily ( kaempferia galangal var ). ...

Banana plants (it's a giant herb) can make their own food, retain water, and in our farm continuously produce 20 to 40 kg bunches without significant input. Banana plants at our farm.  Producing fruits year after year in the same spot without replanting.             Nowadays farmers grow rows and rows of tissue-cultured clones.  These require high fertiliser and...