Sorry, can't view the photos.

It sounds like the way a canna blooms, but none of my cannas have a fragrance. Could it be a bird of paradise? I don't know that much about them, so don't know if they are suppose to be fragrant or not, sure wish you could post a pic, you have my curiosity piqued!

Okay, it's me again--the original poster. :) Thanks for being patient with me. Let me try again. I put five photos of the mystery Canna(?) here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dzechman@prodigy.net/album?.dir=95ca

The photos show the full sized plant as well as closeups of the flower spike and the flowers themselves, at the beginning of the blooming and a few days later in full bloom. My hand is in one photo for a relative size idea.

I think I also submitted one of the photos to the Name That Plant category here at Gardenweb. (but now I can't find it, hrmph).

It's not a Bird of Paradise--I've got some of those in the yard, too. :) They're unhappy though; I think the three large clumps need to be dug up and separated. There are a couple of bushes in the yard I can't identify either. It's like a treasure hunt learning about these new plants. There's a "pineapple guava" bush that's just amazing and strange. It gives a ton of fruit IF I hand pollinate all the flowers. Whew!

Thanks!
David

Here is a link that might be useful: My plant photos on Yahoo

That is Kahili ginger. Do a google image search. Wanna trade one for a couple cannas?
Roxanne

its a ginger, not a canna