Macro de Gengibre - Gengibre-magnífico - Sorvete - Sorvetão (Zingiber spectabilis) - Microfono - Beehive Ginger's Macro 1 232 - 10

Zingiber spectabilis

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* Common Name: Beehive Ginger

* Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

* Country of Origin: tropical Asia

* Habitat:

* Description: This species has yellow and white curled bracts in its handsome shaped beehive type flowerhead. Desirable to florists but seldom enough to satisfy demand. A 6 foot plant that produces its flowers in clusters 8 inches across on a stem of 2 feet. Leaves are 12 inches long and 2 inches wide and are green.

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