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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: ID Needed: Spiral Ginger, 0 by ShelfLife

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ShelfLife wrote:
This is a lovely ginger I received at an RU... it has grown extremely well and put up two pups, but has never bloomed (I'm thinking it might not get enough sun)...

Honestly, I'm perfectly happy with just the foliage, but I am curious as to ID ... to me it looks like Lemon Ginger (Monocostus uniflorus) http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/63935/index.html which needs more sun than this one currently gets (not that I'm moving it, I like it where it is).

Also, if he keeps reproducing at the current rate, I'm going to have do some separation (it's in a population control area) -- when the pups are so close to the mom, how does one separate without risking damage to mom?

TIA.