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What are Gingers?
  • Ginger is the common name for the monocotyledonous perennial plant Zingiber officinale.
  • Zingiberaceae or the the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes,
  • It has 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas.
  • Many species are important ornamental plants, spices, or medicinal plants.

Find out more at our Gingers Culture Guide .


The flower bract with a single flower of
Zingiber spectabile
No.
Boesenbergia
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Boesenbergia variegata
This adorable species has bullate leaves and each shoot produces 1 leaves that has 2 shades of green.
Info
No.
Camptandra
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Camptandra sp
Info
No.
Cornukaempferia
Descriptions
Culture
1

 Cornukaempferia aurantiflora
A lovely collectable A tropical plant; purple underside; 6"-12" tall; leaves are a good 12"-18" long; shade loving to part sun; golden flowers appear in tropical climates but not in our garden but the decorative leaves are a knock-out! (from tissue culture; will arrive in a ~4" pot).

Info
2
 Cornukaempferia aurantiflora
Info
3
 Cornukaempferia longipetiolata
Info
No.
Costus
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Costus speciosus
Info
No.
Curcuma
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Curcuma aeruginosa
2
 Curcuma larsenii
3
 Curcuma rhabdota
Info
4
 Curcuma sp
Info
No.
Etlingera
Descriptions
Culture
1
  Etlingera brevilabris
Info
2
 Etlingera elatior
Info
3
 Etlingera venusta
Info
4
 Etlingera megalocheilos
Info
5
  Etlingera nasuta
Info
No.
Globba
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Globba patens
Info
Rather Wet
2
 Globba unifolia
Info
Rather Wet
3
 Globba winitii
Info
Rather Wet
4
 Globba pendula
Info
Rather Wet
5
 Globba sp 'Kota white'
6
 Globba sp 'Kota white'
No.
Hedychium
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Hedychium longicornutum
Info
Rather Wet
2
 Hedychium longicornutum
Easy Info
3
 Hedychium longicornutum (Fruit with seeds)
Easy Info
No.
Hedychium
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Hornstedtia scyphifera
No.
Kaempferia
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Kaempferia galanga
Info
2
 Kaempferia marginata
Info
3
 Kaempferia pulchra
Info
4
 Kaempferia pulchra
Info
5
 Kaempferia pulchra
Info
6
 Kaempferia roscoeana
7
 Kaempferia rotunda
Info
8
 Kaempferia laotica
9
 Kaempferia sp
Info
10
 Kaempferia sp
Info
11
 Kaempferia sp 'Silver Striped'
Info
No.
Tapeinochilos
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Tapeinochilos ananassae
Info
No.
Scaphochlamys
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Scaphochlamys kunstleri
Info
2
 Scaphochlamys kunstleri var 'Rubra'
Info
3
 Scaphochlamys sp
Info
4
 Scaphochlamys sp
No.
Zingiber
Descriptions
Culture
1
 Zingiber malaysianum
Info
2
 Zingiber spectabile
Info
3
 Zingiber Zerumbut (variegated)
Info
Web Links

All About Gingers
GingersRus Plant database
Ginger Species List

 

Note: The above chart is a general gauge of plant's cultural needs. Plant’s cultural needs may differ from environment to environment. Plant's cultural information is based on tropical climate.


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