Red-Ginger

Red-ginger

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Alpinia purpurata

 

Reg-ginger is native to some islands in the Pacific, but was introduced to Hawai'i as a garden plant. It grows very quickly and has spread from gardens into the wild. Though it is commonly called red-ginger, the waxy, cone-shaped flower structures maybe red or pink.

--- NYBG

 

Red-ginger, Alpinia Purpurata, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.

It has cultivars called Jungle King and Jungle Queen. Red Ginger grows in Hawaii, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Panama, Dominica, St. Vincent, Martinique, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Suriname (where its Dutch name is 'bokkepoot', billy-goat's foot), and many Central American nations, including Belize. It is also found in Samoa, where it is the national flower, and is locally called "tequila."

--- wikipedia

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