I have seen these 'tubers" on this plant and a few others. I leave them on the plants when I transplant. The plant seemed to slow down growth when they are removed. Nothing grew for us from them when they were removed and planted, but I read somewhere that they will make new plants. -Gwenn

Hi Mistee, I've had this one for years in the garden. Plant it shallow (seriously just below the soil surface like iris) and in a place where it gets morning sun, afternoon shade. Butterfly ginger needs some sun to bloom (in the fall) but if it gets too much, the leaves will burn up and look crispy. It's a delicate balancing act. It would love some composted manure or alfalfa pellets to boost the growth and prefers a rich soil. If it gets tall inside, I would suggest trimming it to 12" or so when planting because it's really difficult to get the taller plants to stay upright when you plant them shallowly. They tend to flop over. If you want you can use stiff wire bent in roughly a staple shape to hold them down until the roots take off. I need to get out and lift mine this spring, I bet the roots have grown down quite a bit, I got no blooms this fall.

Marissa_dc: mofojoy (aka moniqua, monica, I think) used black tiles in hers, but they were slightly larger than the 1 5/8". She doesn't have black counters, but her pics will give you an idea of how the black looks in the backsplash. I think she bought the 11 sheets of the amber tiles from Modern Tile and sold the extras to other GWers. I have natural cherry cabs (so, no stain - are yours stained?) and black granite (jet mist). I think I have the same replacement tiles that kristine_2009 has, from the same dye lot, lighter than we all wanted. I ordered mine from glass tile oasis. My back splash is installed and I love it - the replacement tiles match my cabinets very closely, but my cabinets will darken some over time. I used ORB pulls and knobs which I think picks up the black counter tops (although ORB isn't truly black, but close). These tiles amber glass tiles are color-changing and definitely affected by lighting, not to mention camera flash, exposure, etc. It sounds like the latest dye lot is definitely lighter (thanks, Kristine for investigating that!) but I wonder how much lighter. I just think it's so hard to tell - mine look darker with my under cabinet lights on, which wasn't what I was expecting! I've linked mofojoy's photobucket. I'm embedding one of her photos that shows lighter and darker amber tiles depending on the lighting, possibly the camera flash (the black ones are there too, easily identified because they're a bit bigger). I would say in real life, mine look like the lighter tiles in this photo: Here is a link that might be useful: Mofojoy's photobucket with black glass in fire and ice

OMM Thanks so much for taking the time to post this recipe. It sounds really refreshing. The plastic bottles are an excellent idea. I'm going to try a batch as soon as I can get to the brew shop and get some beer yeast.