Etlingera elatior (scientific name) is a perennial plant, grows in shrub about 2-3 m height that species of Zingiber genus in Zingiberaceae family (Ginger family). It's common name is Torch ginger, and also called in some part of  Sri Lanka as "Goda Manel (Land Lily), "Goda Nelum"(Land Lotus) in Sinhalese but actually it is not the "Goda Manel". The Etlingera elatior flower is beautiful flower bloom top of the vertical stem about one meter height and similarly to the Lotus flower. It is a rare plant to Sri Lanka.