I'm in Broward and I've had the pink one in the ground for over 3 years. This year the stalks grew over 6 ft but I've never had blooms.Does this help at all?

Had the pink in Cape Coral for a few years but it never bloomed here either.

Well slap me silly but I do have 3 pink stalks! I'll take photos when they flower. I know someone told me they had to be in the ground for 3 years before they bloomed but I'm betting it's been at least 5.
Ya never know.

So the answer is yes!

Coffeemom, that is so pretty. I am happy for you that it bloomed.

Boy, I sure do love anything pink. That is lovely! Thank you for sharing.

Carol in Jacksonville

That is beautiful coffeemom! Where did you find your pink torch ginger? Ebay?
~SJN

Actually it was from a trade done on the GW Exchange around 2006. It was with someone with a greenhouse and a lot of tropicals. I haven't seen her name in years.
I probably wasted 2 years growing it in a pot and then it took another 4 yrs+ in the ground before blooming.
I think this post encouraged it.

I'm pretty sure I know who the gw member you are talking about. I haven't seen her around either. She was on DG for a while too.
Hope she is doing okay. Miss her expertise and cool/unusual plant posts.

I found some on ebay from a seller I purchased from before, I am gonna try my luck here. I can plant them in the dirt floor of the gh.

Try using granular Fertilizer with the middle number on the high side.it's helped me.