Hedychium coronarium var. flavum

Hedychium coronarium var. flavum
Creamy Butterfly Ginger

A lesser-known variety of this popular ornamental ginger from India with strongly scented, cream colored flowers. Just as easy and tough in cultivation.

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Plants from this species ...

... are of high ornamental value
In Central Coast New South Wales Australia in Australia they need very little care and grow normal.
I bought this plant in a nursery where it was sold as a water-loving ginger. I was told it needed to be grown in a pond. However, I have planted it in sandy soil in a climate which is temperate really and it is thriving. I live on the Central Coast of New South Wales Australia. The other gingers I planted have died. It grows to about 10 ft and spreads, it gets watered once a week and is in partial shade.
Submitted on 17/02/2006 by Christine Coghill ccoghill@dodo.com.au


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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

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We recommend:

Martius, Book of Palms
by H. Walter Lack

Hardcover - 450 pages
19.8 x 13.5 inches!
11.1 pounds!
50 x 34 cm, 5 kg

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Suitable for: all

Martius's magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree. This epic folio was based on Martius's expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. From 1817 to 1820 the pair travelled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon Basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens.
In his epic work, Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. For apart from his own collection of specimens and notes, Martius also wrote about the findings of others.
Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms—often standing alone—which have a simple and elegant beauty. This famous work is an unrivaled landmark in botanic illustration and taxonomy.

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