Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior)

Was in PR for a few days and spent a morning in my father-in-law’s house in Juncos. He asked me to collect two flowers from his yard to give to his daughter (my wife). With a small machete in hand I collected two Torch Ginger flowers that stood about 3 feet tall amongst many others. These flowers were the size of a football and weighed roughly 4 lbs because they held so much water. The plastic like petals felt like the wax lips you would buy in the local candy store as a kid. I’ve only seen these flowers in El Yunque, but to see these in my wife’s father’s backyard and about twice the size of what I’ve seen before was a surprise and a real enjoyment for the nature geek in me.

2 Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior)

Darkhorse Cycles put on another great race at Stewart. Niner was on site.

Donna Miller tearing it up

DeeJay Birch, Rebecca Tomaszewski, Donna Miller

Photos: Rich

A few pics of my travels south…

Bunny Hop Hazard

Photos from 3 days in Hong Kong and a couple of hours in Macau (ofcourse)…

Run from flying red daggers

Dan's rebuild

Push’d Fox Fork, rebuilt 5 spot, new paint… Dan is stoked for Spring